PRINCIPALS OF WATER SAFETY

Life Guards, Hypothermia,
Personal Flotation Devices

WAVES

Seas and Swells, Wave Size, Anecdotes, Tide Pools, Playing in the Spray, Russian Roulette Morro Bay Style

BOATING

Boating in the Bay, Boating in the Ocean, Morro Bay’s Rough Bar, Fog, Suction

AND ON LAND

Falls, Falling Objects, Stinging Nettle, Poison-Oak, Mountain Lions, Ticks, Rattlesnakes, Poison-Hemlock

ADDENDA

How Far Can Waves Reach, Mortality Statistics, Off The Road Vehicles, Mountain Biking, Miscellany

         This site is provided primarily for those unfamiliar with the area, so that they can learn quickly and safely from the experiences of others. Doctor Beebe has had an interest in preventive medicine since 1969, when he was appointed post preventive medicine officer at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Eventually becoming a psychiatrist, he retired to Morro Bay ten years ago.

Morro Bay is a lovely place, visited by about one million people a year. However, on average over the past 24 years, a person a year has died in recreational incidents.