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MikeDunnAuthor<p>I guess I got kinda nostalgic with my previous post about Shannon. I really do miss him a lot. When I talk about my past, my son sometimes says he wishes he could've met Shannon.</p><p>So, here are some photos from 1993, when Shannon flew down to El Salvador to hang out with me. I'd been in Central America for a coupla months already. Shannon brought 2 surfboards and we surfed Punta Roca, in La Libertad, long before it became a major stop on the WSL Championship Tour. Today it's a crowded lineup. In fact, the Surf City El Salvador Pro is happening there right now. But back then, you could share that nearly perfect cobble stone point break with as few as 2-3 local boys, and no other foreigners. We also surfed nearby El Zunzal, at least until a shark drove everyone out of the water. (There had been a fatal shark attack just a few days prior, and no one, not even the locals, wanted to test their luck). They also have sea snakes. And the water and air are so warm you're tempted to bring a water bottle out into the lineup with you to stave off dehydration.</p><p>The first picture, below, is from a demonstration we attended against the death squads. In '93, the Civil War was officially over. But there were still periodic death squad killings. People had protest signs: "Impunidad, Basta Ya!" There were UN peace keepers there. Busloads of people from all the different departments (states), proudly displaying the names of people's towns and villages. Representatives were there from Amnesty International, and CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador). In San Salvador's Zona Rosa, you could still see bullet holes in the restaurant walls, 10 years later, from the brazen attack by guerrillas there. They killed several U.S. marines and businessmen, as well as Salvadoran soldiers. And in the beach side cantinas and restaurants of La Libertad, you could gorge on oysters with oligarchs and their teenage secretaries (not that one would want to, but they'd sometimes show up, while you were drinking a caguama of cerveza Regia and munching on free snacks of grilled shrimp).</p><p>The other 2 photos are from the room we rented in a casa de huespedes we were staying at in El Zunzal. Shannon brought a camping stove that ran on gasoline. We sometimes cooked our own meals in the room. One night, a bat flew into a wall outside our room. As I examined it's stunned body, lying on the ground, it got scared, but was too stunned to fly. So, using it's wings like propellers, it scuttled into our room before we could stop it. And then managed to fly up into the rafters. And for the rest of the trip, we had to share our room with a bat.</p><p>There was a local guy we befriended, Antonio. He was a classic surfer bum. Not sure what he did for money, but he was always surfing, or hanging out with us. Made himself a didgeridoo out of bamboo, and was quite competent at playing it. He always refused when we offered him beer, or aguardiente, because "no son puro." But he had no problem with weed, "porque es puro," as every stoner knows. Antonio loved 60s music. His favorite song was Break on Through, by the Doors. He was convinced that the song was about surfing. They way he explained it, the song was about punching through a wave on the paddle out, breaking through to the other side. And whenever he thought anyone was getting anxious or angry he'd say, "enfrialo."</p><p>The day Shannon arrived, I bussed to San Salvador, from La Libertad, to meet him at the airport. We stopped on the way back at a roadside refreshment stand. They had fresh coconuts, which Shannon was craving. But he made the mistake of requesting "una coca" instead of "un coco." He was very sad when they handed him a plastic bag filled with coca cola and a straw.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/elsalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elsalvador</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FMLN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FMLN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/civilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilwar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a></p>
Crescendo Himmelweiss<p>The nice thing about playing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> with a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guitar</span></a> is when you're standing on a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surfboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfboard</span></a> 🏄‍♂️ with a guitar in your hand and you can <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoke</span></a> a cigarette - you don't always have to exaggerate - but you can! 😋 </p><p>➪ Do that with a piano 🤔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dothatwithapiano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dothatwithapiano</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/trPtCel_LDw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/trPtCel_LDw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
earthling<p>A surfer rides a large wave at Bondi Beach as high winds hit the east coast of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a></p><p>Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a></p>
RandomBaywatch<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidChokachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidChokachi</span></a></p><p>On the beach <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BaywatchStars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaywatchStars</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wtnotb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wtnotb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RandomBaywatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandomBaywatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beach</span></a></p>
earthling<p>After a close encounter with a great white, Will Salter has become more shark literate.</p><p>Photograph: Alex Coppel/The Guardian </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a></p>
Lifestyle | The Guardian US<p>Australia’s best photos of the month – March 2025 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/mar/31/australias-best-photos-of-the-month-march-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/artanddesign/g</span><span class="invisible">allery/2025/mar/31/australias-best-photos-of-the-month-march-2025</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/IndigenousAustralians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousAustralians</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Melbournefestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melbournefestival</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Australiaweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australiaweather</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Domesticviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Domesticviolence</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Sydneyfestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydneyfestival</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremeweather</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Australianews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australianews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Lifeandstyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lifeandstyle</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Swimming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swimming</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flooding</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Themoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Themoon</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surfing</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Ramadan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramadan</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Fitness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fitness</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waste</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sport</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Putting 'smile' on faces as champions help seniors try bodyboarding<br>By Emma Siossian</p><p>Former professional bodyboarders are determined to get more senior Australians into the surf, boosting physical and mental health.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-30/former-world-champion-bodyboarders-help-nsw-senior-surfers/105107454" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-30/for</span><span class="invisible">mer-world-champion-bodyboarders-help-nsw-senior-surfers/105107454</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surfing</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/RegionalCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegionalCommunities</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/EmmaSiossian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmmaSiossian</span></a></p>
alice 🪞♥️ 🎩🐇<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Girls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Girls</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a> with <a href="https://beige.party/tags/heels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heels</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x102wvo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">dailymotion.com/video/x102wvo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>‘God knows what’s in the water’: Los Angeles surfers in limbo as wildfire toxins linger <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/los-angeles-surfers-toxins-wildfires" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/29/los-angeles-surfers-toxins-wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Californiawildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Californiawildfires</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USwildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USwildfires</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/WestCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestCoast</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surfing</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
Going on a (road) tripThe <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/90MileBeach?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#90MileBeach</a> is really huge. While there is not so much sunbathing there, many other activities including <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fishing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fishing</a> in many different ways, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/surfing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surfing</a>, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/jogging?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jogging</a>, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/beachdriving?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beachdriving</a> is going on there. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NewZealand?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewZealand</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Neuseeland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neuseeland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Backpacking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Backpacking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Roadtrip?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roadtrip</a>
GregRose<p>Santa Cruz, California, USA </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a></p>
Jon Lord<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MeerMittwoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeerMittwoch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SeaWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaWednesday</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fotografie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fotografia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fotografia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/foto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photographie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fotograaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fotograaf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/potd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>potd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alttext</span></a> # <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travelphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travelphotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photooftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photooftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pacific</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SoCal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoCal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/surf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a></p>
aburtch<p>These vortexes are a natural underwater phenomenon that only happen under very powerful barrel waves. Incredible photos. </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHT5vsfyAuu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/p/DHT5vsfyAuu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>(And yes, these photos are legit, not AI. Taken by a very reputable surfing photographer.) <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/photograpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photograpy</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/waves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waves</span></a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a></p>
Peter Drake<p>Surfing witch. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sketching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sketching</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surfing</span></a></p>
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Sea foam - You wouldn’t go swimming in sewage

"Research shows people should not go in the sea when it is foaming. These bacterial smoothies can contain more harmful pathogens than a sewage treatment plant – and you wouldn’t go swimming in sewage."

"If the water is polluted with floating fats and grease as well as asphaltene, motor oil and hydrocarbons, these spores soon form bacterial colonies or biofilms that go forth and multiply."

"Reducing stormwater pollution will reduce the growth of sea foams. As long as humanity continues to produce pollution, the problem will increase. It will also worsen as the world warms, because sea foams like it hot."
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The ConversationDozens of surfers fell ill after swimming in seas that turned into a ‘bacterial smoothie’ of sea foam. What was in it?Sea foam is a health hazard. These bacterial smoothies can contain more harmful pathogens than a sewage treatment plant – and you wouldn’t go swimming in sewage.
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