All beaches in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes, Gironde and Charente-Maritime are affected by this “maximum risk day’ Six bathers died last summer in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, according to authorities. In Gironde, the entry and exit of pleasure craft into the Arcachon basin has been temporarily banned by the authorities due to “exceptional risks for navigation” The successive storms of recent months have led to ‘profound modifications of the sandbanks’ at the level of the passes connecting the Arcchon basin and the Atlantic Ocean, explained the regional prefecture.
The prefecture calls on swimmers to stay “between the flags of the supervised posts” SIX DEATHS LAST SUMMER The baïnes are responsible for several drownings each year. They form between the beach and a sandbank but their strong currents can quickly carry them out to sea.