Social media is abuzz after three teenage boys drowned on Sunday afternoon at Diaz Beach in Mossel Bay.
The question about the availability of lifeguards on the beaches in Mossel Bay was raised as there were only lifeguards in town until the previous Saturday.
The three Asla Park teenagers aged 13 and 14 drowned after getting into trouble in strong surf.
Two bodies were found beyond the surf on the sea bed while the father of two of the children managed to bring one child ashore.
He was declared dead on the scene.
Mossel Bay Municipality spokesperson Harry Hill has extended the municipality's condolences to the families of the deceased.
He stressed that the municipality only provided lifesaving services during the peak of the holiday season from the middle of December to the 4th of January as the service came at a substantial cost.
"We still have four beaches at this moment which have lifeguards, they are the four blue flag beaches of Mossel Bay, Hartenbos, Little Black River, De Bakker and Santos.
I want to emphasise that Diaz Beach is not a blue flag beach, that is why we have provided the life saving service there for the same period as we did for all the other non Blue Flag beaches." says Hill.
- Algoa FM
