Overview

• Volunteer lifeguards on Rügen continue to hoist red flags at Lobbe Beach when kite surfers breach marked bathing zones
• Water protection police have opened administrative offense proceedings against two kite surfers under the Seeschifffahrtsstraßenordnung for safety-zone violations
• The maritime regulations require sail and kite surfers to keep at least 50 meters from designated bathing areas and all swimmers when outside shipping lanes
• The municipality of Mönchgut has implemented a marked entry corridor and buoy boundaries to channel watersports traffic away from swimmers
• DRK Wasserwacht Rostock reports no conflicts at Warnemünde after holding pre-season safety talks in collaboration with a local surf school