Overview

• Hayward posted a follow-up video on July 24 saying she experienced no adverse health effects after swimming through foamy water off a Cape Town beach.
• She described the foam as smelling like regular sea water and compared the sensation to a bubble bath.
• Viewers had alerted her to the possibility that the thick foam was raw sewage from a nearby overflow during her original July 8 swim.
• Other commenters and marine observers noted that ocean foam can form naturally when organic material is churned by wind and waves.
• The episode has prompted renewed demands for clearer beach water-quality alerts and highlighted social media’s power to flag environmental hazards.