Socorrista : Flying The No Swimming Flag

The Socorrista sticks a flag in the sand to tell everyone that it's not safe to swim in the sea today.

This is the playa at Cala Masquida, Mallorca. Some people looking at the image might think it doesn't look too bad, but in these conditions the sea has dangerous rip tides.

We followed the instructions

Cala Measquida, Mallorca, Spain, May 2024

[Carole Sandford]

Some nice “white horses “ there. Glad you followed the rules.

[Philippa R]

The colours in the photo are lovely, the contrast of the yellow and red with the blue sea and the white horses. Gorgeous

[Renee Salamon]

Lovely layers of colours

[Corinne C]

Blue sky, blue sea and white sand, it looks fabulous despite the red flag :-)

[Mags]

A flag well planted and captured. =)

[LManning (Laura)]

Great storytelling capture.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Issi Bannerman]

Super image and great colours!

[Casablanca]

Rip tides are dodgy things and it does look very windy indeed. Nice shot

[Pat Knowles]

I should think so…..the sea does look a trifle rough! Not sure whether it’s the angle too but the sea looks as though it slopes in deep too.

[Rob Z]

It looks like it was a wise move by him, and by you...

[Kathy A]

Lovely colours