The most common beach hazard is, of course, sharks.
A large, beautiful beach is the perfect place for a summer vacation.
And the farther he will be from the city, the closer you will be to the wild nature and crystal clean air and lush greenery is only part of what awaits you on holiday. In the natural environment it is easy to face with its inhabitants, and well, if it turns out to be the fish the size of a palm. Salt water of seas and oceans it inhabits also a lot of predators, which you hardly would like to meet.
World statistics of shark attacks claims that only their teeth in the year killed 10 people. But these predators of open water are not the only threat lying in wait for tourists on the beaches. Each of these 10 with a mean of safe beaches is fraught with mortal danger.
Fraser Island, Australia
In 1992, the island was included in the world heritage list of UNESCO as a unique natural monument. Meanwhile, travelers are here waiting mass of the dangers, both on land and in water. The island is home to the world’s most dangerous spiders and Dingo, and water treatment with high probability will end with a meeting with a shark or poisonous jellyfish, or the fact that a strong current will wash away from the shore.
Gansbaai, South Africa
Small fishing town is one of the most popular resorts in the Western Cape province and home to over 60,000 seals. Members of the family of eared seals — a favorite food of great white sharks. They just swarm the waters of Gansbaai. Want to feel like the hero of the movie “Jaws” sink into the ocean in a metal cage. About free swims “without bars” better forget it, too high risk of becoming somebody’s lunch.
Hanakapiai, Hawaii
Even in such a Paradise like Hawaii, not all beaches are suitable for swimming. With a strong current close to the beach Hanakapiai can’t overcome even experienced swimmers. The ocean here always waiting for their prey: in the last few years he took at least 83 lives.
Boa Viagem, Brazil
This popular beach in Recife is one of the most beautiful in the world. But do not rush to admire its beauty from the water. From 1992, here often began to go and see sharks. The number alone of the attacks exceeded 50, 19 of them fatal. Environmentalists argue that migration is primarily the fault of the fishermen, which shift with each passing year, area of fishing closer to shore.
Northern territory and Queensland, Australia
Despite the fact that along the beaches in North Queensland are stretched hoc networks, protecting the jellyfish from October to April, vacationers are advised to refrain from swimming. Meeting with a jellyfish dangerous to humans and can lead to very different consequences, including death. But if adults can still in the best to get rid of back pain and vomiting, the children more often after receiving burns to die.
Volusia, Florida, USA
Beaches in and around Volusia doubly dangerous. First, due to the fact that it is home to marine predators who are not averse to eat the tourists. Since 1982 there had been 235 shark attacks. Secondly, the place is considered dangerous due to the number of lightning flashes. The chances that it will strike people here as high as anywhere else in North America from 1997 to 2006, from a lightning strike in Florida killed 71 people.
Chowpatty, India
Beach Mumbai has also earned a reputation as one of the dirtiest beaches in the world. Purity is not only water itself, but also the beach. On the beach littered with papers, scraps and other debris. The place is considered to be unsuitable for swimming.
Copacabana, Brazil
This beach is one of the main calling cards of Rio. Unlike other dangerous beaches in the world, in the water tourists waiting no poisonous jellyfish or sharks. But here, the travelers can easily become a victim of robbers. Going to the main beach Rio, all valuables should be left in the safe at the hotel.
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
In the period from 1946 to 1958 at Bikini Atoll and enewetak the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests. In 2011, the Atoll lived only 9 people. The level of radiation on the Atoll is still higher than normal. And no matter how high the temptation to dive in local waters, which in the absence of fishing the past 65 years, has preserved a rich underwater world of the island is better to stay away.
Red triangle, California
The area off the coast of California also called the Red shark triangle. The place is a magnet for thousands of great white sharks. Attraction for them are the numerous settlements of seals, sea otters and lions. Every year there are recorded several cases of shark attacks on people — the majority of cases were reported in the U.S., it occurs in this place.
