{"id":1007,"date":"2017-11-13T10:59:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T10:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2017-11-13T10:59:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T10:59:03","slug":"hawaii-paddle-boarding-safety-tips-salt-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/hawaii-paddle-boarding-safety-tips-salt-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Paddle Boarding Safety Tips for Salt Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.23hq.com\/23707325\/31289194_805c098f36d498dcf78a05ac0ec8559a_large.jpg\" width=\"694\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paddleboarding on the flat water is a simple, easy, and straightforward activity. If you are considering to try the salt water in Hawaii, you will need to be considerate of the safety matters since it is totally different with what you usually do in flat water. You surely want to have fun with your friends or family. But your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/rentals\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hawaii paddle boarding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> trip can\u2019t be fun if you end up in experiencing incidents. Here are the safety measures that you could consider.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your personal floatation device<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All water board-sports indeed expose the unique hazard. The extreme conditions of the surf can risk any individual who beats the waves. Falling, retrieving, and restarting are common activities in SUP boarding. You will face many critical occurrences which encourage you to stay alert anytime you get on board. So you can minimize the risks by wearing your PFD. Deciding to conduct the activity in salt water will require extra protection and care. You can\u2019t take it lightly. We don\u2019t have to tell you how many numbers of drowning cases just because the users overlooked the importance of PFD. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consider the footing for SUP in saltwater<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t hesitate to ask the conditions to the lifeguard. Not all SUP surfers know what is the best time to do their activity, and what is not. Your lifeguard can be your savior. Or if you just want to check from distance, you could take a look at the weather forecast or ask the local tourism information guide. The good thing here is that everyone will gladly help you with the things. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q6B5lAKNOfc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn the self-rescue methods<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although you are going with your entourage, you can\u2019t rely on them 100% because most of the responsibilities of your safety are yourself. In this case, you will need to take some self-rescue methods and lessons. The instructors will teach you the self-rescue skills to be used in certain circumstances such as broken paddle, strong currents, strong winds, big waves, and so on. You will also learn about reading the surrounding situations. These will hone your survival skills in no time. You just need to take your time to research the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/booking-rentals-sup\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hawaii paddle boarding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> self-rescue lessons. You will learn abundant knowledge from it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check your gear<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Always check your gear before going to the SUP surf location. If you are not really good at memorizing the items, you could take a note and make a list. Keep in mind to bring the complete equipment so that you will have a nice experience in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/self-guided-tour\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hawaii paddle boarding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Paddleboarding on the flat water is a simple, easy, and straightforward activity. If you are considering to try the salt water in Hawaii, you will need to be considerate of the safety matters since it is totally different with what you usually do in flat water. You surely want to have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/hawaii-paddle-boarding-safety-tips-salt-water\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hawaii Paddle Boarding Safety Tips for Salt Water&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-standup-paddleboard","category-sup-rentals","tag-hawaii-paddle-boarding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddleboardkauai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}