BEACHES ARE PREPARED FOR BUSY SUMMER SEASON AHEAD

The beaches of Casares Costa have been prepared for what is expected to be a busy summer season. The most recent work was the movement of new sand to Playa Ancha and Piedra Paloma to make them more amenable for bathers. In addition new beach equipment has been installed including 300 metres of wooden walkways, and new showers and toilets. This will allow easy access to the beaches from the paseo. The lifeguard service will come on stream from June 28th until August 31st and the ayuntamiento has awarded the contract to the local company SOS Mediterranea.

LOCAL COMPANY WINS TENDER TO PROVIDE LIFEGUARD SERVICES THIS SUMMER

A local company has won this year's tender for lifeguarding services on the beaches. SOS Mediterranea will provide health assistance, surveillance and rescue duties this summer. Four companies tendered for the service but  the local compnay won the tender with a jid of 51,000 Euro, that's 8,000 less than the basic budget. The lifeguard service will operate on the beaches from June 28th until August 31st. There will be six lifeguards on duty along with the necessary equipment and trained medical personnel and an ambulance. The Ayuntamiento reminds anyone interested in applying for positions with the lifeguard service that they have until June19th to submit their applications in the municipal office in Casares, Casares Costa or Secadero. The Governing Board also awarded the contract for lighting at this year's ferias to PORGESA Cordoba.

WORK BEGINS ON PREPARING THE BEACHES FOR THIS YEAR’S SUMMER SEASON

Work has begun on moving sand and earth to prepare the beaches at Casares Costa for this year’s summer season. The Ayuntamiento has given approval for the work between Playa Ancah and Piedra Paloma and to recover the beach once the chiringuito La Sal has been relocated to its new site. Work was carried out this week to move 7 cubic metres of sand from Playa Ancha to the beach at Piedra Paloma. Work will also be carried out soon to recover the beach at Playa Chica once the chiringuito has been relocated. Councillor Juan Jesus Rodriguez said that once the work is carried out bathers will have an extra 300 square metres of beach area.

SUMMER ENDS WITH LIFEGUARD SERVICES KEPT BUSY DURING A BUSY SEASON

The summer season officially ended  last Sunday with more people than ever before using the beaches. The lifeguard service was kept busy this summer dealing with the usual problems caused by swimmers and other emergencies. The service reported that   they dealt  with over two hundred calls during this season. In addition there were a further 90 calls for help for problems such as barbecues, fishing outside the established hours and dogs being kept outside the area set aside for them. The councillor for beaches Juan Jesus Rodriguez pointed out that the influx of tourists this year is good for the Costa  del Sol.

THE BEACH FOR DOGS ON CASARES COSTA ATTRACTS NATIONAL ATTENTION

The beach for dogs on Casares Costa has attracted national media attention this year. So far the special beach whici is set aside for dogs and their owners, has been the subject of coverage by several newspapers in Malaga province, Seville radio and a European news agency. The council believes that the initiative first taken by Casares last summer will be extended throughout the province. Casares was the first local authority to bring in a special beach for dogs and it rusn this year from June 1st to September 30th. The councillor for beaches Juan Jesus Rodriguez said that so far the dog beach has been a great success. There have been expressions of interest from Fuengirola and the Canary Islands. The dog beach is next to the Torre de la Sal close to La Perla.

BEACH RESCUE SERVICES CARRY OUT THIRTY EIGHT ACTIVITIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF JULY

The beach lifeguard and rescue services have reported they were involved in 38 incidents in the first half of July. The services came on stream at the beaches of Casares Costa at the end of last month. So far they have attended to eleven incidents of injuries by cuts, and six other injuries, but the good news is that this year there have only been three reports of jellyfish stings. Last year there were over five hundred jellyfish injuries when the beaches of the Costa del Sol were infested by the pest. The lifeguard services have also attended bee stings, the extraction of a hook, a concussion a a heatstroke incident. The lifeguard services will operate from 12 noon until 8 o’ clock in the evening until September 1st.

And the weather for the weekend:

Saturday will be sunny with temperatures reaching a hot 27 degrees and falling to 16 at night, while Sunday will again be sunny with a high of 23 and a low of 14.