‘Being out beyond the end of a pier was just risky for those boys.’
don’t venture out into water above your waist or chest and you won’t have these issues...and in any case, stay far away from fishing piers, unless you want to be attacked by sharks...
You aren’t kidding about the sharks. Just go out on the pier, walk to the end, look down. You won’t ever swim near one again.
That said, surfers love it near piers, they can have a similar effect to a jetty upon the surf.
Not true at all. Can happen under the “right” circumstances in knee or thigh high water. Not flaming...just as a warning to others.
With that being said, I've always been respectful and leery of the ocean.....
Back when I was about 14 or 15, myself and two friends (Tim and Danny) were inner tubing way out in the lack for a couple of hours.
The next day I was at Tim's house which was also on the lake closer to town when we saw a Coast Guard helicopter flying around on the other side of the lake. Turns out they were looking for Danny who had been tubing alone over there when he slipped off the tube and went under. What Tim and I never knew was that Danny didn't know how to swim..........