Updated at 5:16 p.m., Monday, December 3, 2007
Waimea Beach Park closing early as safety measure
Advertiser Staff
The Department of Emergency Management is assisting city lifeguards in closing Waimea Beach Park by 5 p.m. today.Lifeguards had requested the help in anticipation of rising surf this evening, said John Cummings, spokesman for emergency management.
Volunteers and lifeguards will stay at the beach until dark to ensure that everyone leaves and no one comes in, Cummings said.
Although the roads were bumper-to-bumper traffic this afternoon, the beaches were not crowded. Lifeguards reported the biggest crowd was surfers in the water.
Kerry Atwood, ocean safey officer at Waimea, said lifeguards will stay to make sure all people are out of the water.
