DO NOT SWIM HERE! CORNWALL'S MOST DANGEROUS BEACH!

[@anni50ful]

I live in Cornwall,please please take notice of signs / coastguards here in Cornwall you would not believe how many people die here in our waters .

[@Lyndylou16]

I am local to Porthleven and know this beach very very well. Another really important warning for this beach is to also NEVER swim in Loe Pool. It is extremely deep and is full of long weeds which tangle up around you and drag you under. A year or two back saw a horse & rider almost drowned in there. So please please heed all the advice and warnings and don't even let your dogs go in the sea or in the pool - many people have drowned over the years trying to rescue their dog. 😢

[@iandavies6575]

Weeds won't pull you down, they float apart if you relax

[@lyndylou5367]

@@iandavies6575 You obviously know nothing about Loe bar pool then, nor the denseness or size of the entangled 'weeds' in it.

[@iandavies6575]

@@lyndylou5367 I know about water safety. Weeds don't sense you are there and tangle you up, they will float apart if you don't struggle Also it can't be that deep if there are weeds there.I'm not saying swim there, but your statement on weeds is incorrect

[@lyndylou5367]

@@iandavies6575 This taken from Proper Cornwall, just one snippet : Don't go swimming in Loe Pool as there's a local legend that says it 'takes someone every seven years'. Actually, there's a grain of truth to the myth as quite a few people have drowned in the water over the years and it's deemed officially dangerous to swim in due to the long, thick weeds that grow in its depths.

[@mikeheard4859]

My Father was walking along Praa sands beach one warm October morning fully clothed with my Mother & some old friends when a freak wave took him, the beach literally was washed from under him, fortunately the friends were able to save him & bring him back to shore, don’t underestimate the power of the sea !!!!!

[@WendallExplores]

The sea takes what she wants. Glad your father escaped the ordeal.

[@jerrybeanus6179]

Great video, Loe Bar used to be the mouth of the River Cober which led to a harbour in Helston. However, by 700 years ago the ocean deposited enough sand & shingle in the mouth of the river to create the bar. The river itself became Loe Pool whilst cutting Helston off from the sea.

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you. I had read the history of the creation of the bar but unfortunately after I filmed this video.

[@lumailisa]

And yet it looks so peaceful. That's the danger, that someone not aware of the area wouldn't immediately recognise

[@carolinerowland8284]

I walk this beach all the time with my dog , looks so peaceful most of the time but I've been down and I've seen the waves absolutely huge aswell as the strong current, scares me just by looking at it and I love sea swimming so I don't understand why someone would dismiss the huge warning signs and still enter the water!!😮, But one of my favorite walks 😊

[@WendallExplores]

Great wild beach

[@emmz_explorin6125]

Thanks for the video. I was at Poldhu cove that day in 2020, red flags were up so we never went in the water. We saw the helicopter and lifeguards running up the cliff. So sad 😔

[@paddyandhisguitar2831]

I walked the woodland from the estate with the kids a couple years back. Saw a parent going in to the sea with their kids despite the signs. I made it clear it wasn’t safe and the message got through, just about. They probably thought I was the local grouch. Anyone with any experience of the sea and currents would take one look at the pull there and realise it’s not for swimming. Beautiful walk nonetheless.

[@WendallExplores]

A wise warning

[@royfearn4345]

Yes, I first visited Loe strand in the sixties. I was alone; no-one else around and, looking at the steeply shelving wave front and lack of rollers not far beyond I thought,"What a lovely view but what a lonely place to die!" There was an obvious longshore drift driving up from the Lizard and when studied closely, the water looks threatening. Stay away from the water here; many lives have been lost, as I discovered later when I did local research. If in doubt, STAY OUT! Is a good maxim if you don't know the area.

[@damianbutterworth2434]

WOW I never saw any sign back in the 1990`s. We was only paddling and you could feel the current ripping the sand under your feet.

[@nxu5107]

Thanks Wendall. I am planning to go that way with my wife on Wednesday. We are old people so not going to get in the water and that. But your emphasis on that point is clear. We will go near the Helston lodge and see how close we can get to the beach from there. Our visit to Cornwall has been helped by your videos. So I am hitting the subscribe button. This week is not that great for weather though. Thanks again.

[@WendallExplores]

Glad the videos have helped your visit, Yamas!

[@nxu5107]

I nearly planned the walk from St Ives to St Michaels until I watched your video on it! Both my sons told me "dad you are not going to do that"! Not in a bad way but out of concern. Then I watched your video. Thanks for that too. It just showed how arduous that journey is. Wendall your videos are a live saver. I saw your request for buy a coffee etc. I will certainly do this when I get back from holiday. Please keep going if you can. They do help a lot of people like myself. Who got the mind but not the body to go with it! Thanks.

[@andrewkeeler6144]

Besutiful video thanks for the video

[@xprs1257]

Very good advice.. Frightening as it looks so calm.

[@musiclive3635]

6:36 actually colliford lake on Bodmin moor is the biggest fresh water lake in Cornwall

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

Man made though

[@TravellingTorunn]

Such a lovely surprise on a Saturday, Wendall :) Beautiful video and great and necessary advice! And thank you for showing me the awsome views from the northern end up on the hill. I have now decided to take a small detour up there, once I again can travel to the UK from Norway and continue my quest; walking the South West Coast Path, continuing from Penzance where I ended last in 2019 :-) So far we have had various kind of weather, but mostly dry and sunny :) I always carry a backpack with clothes for all conditions though :)

[@WendallExplores]

There are plenty of great spots from Penzance that way, I realised when filming this I should explore that area more

[@TravellingTorunn]

@@WendallExplores Thank you. That is good to know :) I am looking very much forward to my next walks. There are also a few locations from the last Poldark series if you are interested :)

[@WendallExplores]

@@TravellingTorunn I have not seen a single episode of Poldark🤣🤣

[@TravellingTorunn]

@@WendallExplores I have seen all 5 seasons :) Quite interesting with the history of the mining industry, smuggling, poverty and rich people and politics at the time. And the characters are quite believable. But perhaps not everybody's taste ;-)

[@alexandriataylor4553]

Thank you so much for your video, this is the first time I have come across your video's but I've now subscribed. I live in Cornwall with my partner, I can swim but he can't and he loves the water so this video was very informative. I will watch some more of your video's and the one thing my partner loves is going to as many Cornwall beaches as often as he can but at least now, with your advice, I can steer him clear of some of them.

[@christuttle3980]

Great video My Great Grandparents came from Cornwall, Camborne to be exact There names were Richard and Evelyn Bosence moved to Victoria British Columbia Canada in 1905 I live 300kms north of Victoria in Campbell River on Vancouver Island One day I plan to cross the big pond and come visit lovely Cornwall where my ancestors lived

[@WendallExplores]

I spent a wonderful time one summer camping at Lake Cowichan and also Tofino whilst visiting some friends in Nanaimo 🇨🇦

[@christuttle3980]

@@WendallExplores Yes my Aunt lives in Lake Cowichan great place for sure, have a cousin who lives in Tofino which is packed in the summer with tourists Did the West coast trail a couple times Cape Scott trail at the north end of Vancouver Island is also another wonderful beach Time and money is all you need😎

[@fbentley2]

Awesome video! Definitely true about sudden change in weather too, backpack is a must if you want to be comfortable!

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you, always wear a backpack! 🎒

[@karenkeighley4476]

I had the fright of my life here. I was almost going in....I didn't see the signs.. go only know how cos there massive. A kind man came up to us to tell us how dangerous it was. I am very cautious now. ⚠️ thank you for the informative video.

[@WendallExplores]

Big thanks to the knowledgeable stranger, you were lucky he was there 🙏

[@mike8669]

A great informative video wendall

[@sabrinaslade345]

I can't believe people ignore the sign and still go in the water! Porthminster beach is my favourite beach, my partner proposed to me on Porthminster beach 3 weeks ago today, I love it there!

[@burnleyfan11965]

awww i proposed to my wife on Porthminster beach on Valentines Day 2009. Hope you will be as happy as we are

[@cebusapella9125]

Great video, such a beautiful and unique place. You can walk around Loe Pool, it's a pleasant and not at all challenging walk.

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you 🙏

[@junelaw4162]

Cornwall is a lovely place whichever part you go to we holiday there most years this year it was bude ant we had great weather as well great video 😎

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you for watching

[@ettorevaccari1113]

Thanks for the information, you safe life , hope people understand and not risking life in dangerous beach

[@kaprunski]

Great video. A lovely walk around the Penrose estate and the pool. Good sound advice about the dangers of the strong current and steep shelf.

[@WendallExplores]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@oneviewcornwall8200]

As Bilbo the Lifeguard Dog 🐕 used to help promote... Bilbo says stay safe by water 💦

[@AlexBoultz]

I Bike there sometimes, never Dared to go near the water line, super dangerous, great Video though Mate 👍

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you 🙏

[@harrycallaghan22]

Great vlog again Wendall. Always enjoy your content. Pop to Devon if you get the chance. There's some beautiful coastline, villages and walks.

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm420]

It's 'Loe Bar'. Until now I've never heard anyone call it 'Loe Bar Sands'. I live four miles away.

[@jasontann5256]

Beautiful gsds mate. That current there is lethal,I stood in it once and it try’s to drag you out.

[@6502-Coder]

3:09 Don’t you mean the warnings are clear - the opposite of abstract.

[@WendallExplores]

Yes

[@lizpenrose6429]

Caught up on your videos! Been a tad busy of late, awesome videos as usual.

[@guitarlover302]

Thank you ! invaluable advice - hope visitors take note ! unfortunately seen lifeguard protected beaches with flags to swim between - saw children with arm bands ignoring swimming warnings - Cornwall beaches are potentially dangerous especially with late night revellers full of drink and bravado !

[@WendallExplores]

Don’t drink and swim!

[@heliopolis29]

Great post. Love all your posts in Cornwall. Keep at it. 👍 🔊

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@Qkano]

I swam there decades ago - when I still swam in the sea - didn't know there was a problem. I wasn't exactly a weak swimmer - but yes, steep shingle beaches are more dangerous ... but not lethally so. Certainly not a place for toddlers to paddle.

[@louisaklimentos7583]

Too many rips in the water, I guess . We have plenty if rips in our surf beaches in Australia .Great video of a nice beach thank you .

[@WendallExplores]

Plenty of hungry sharks over there too 🦈

[@louisep5178]

Wow good to know Wendall 🙏 such a beautiful beach too. So sad about HMS Anson RIP

[@WendallExplores]

A beautiful but deadly place

[@louisep5178]

@@WendallExplores Fascinating Wendall thanks for sharing 👌

[@joncox9098]

Great video, keep it up. 👍

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks Jon!

[@joncox9098]

@@WendallExplores no worries, we are hopefully moving from Leicester to Cornwall next year, so I follow you and a couple of other KZbinrs to see what’s going on.👍

[@Outland9000]

I walk here often (two/three times a week) during the summer I will regularly see people swimming in the sea here during the summer, they look at me like I'm a mental when I mention to them its a dangerous spot...

[@markcreagh5309]

Hi wendall came across your videos on you tube and been watching them one by one, subscribed after first vid, been coming to cornwall almost every year for 30 plus years in the early days it was summer but now out of season only, like you the crowds do my head in, keep up the great vids me and the wife love them there interesting and with your humour top class mate (ride on )

[@WendallExplores]

Glad you and your wife enjoy the videos Mark

[@danwilliams3586]

That you use a daysack brings a tear to my eye 😁 👍

[@WendallExplores]

I learned from the best!

[@ogotuwaobuto5366]

Thanks for this warning.

[@deanandconner5194]

Thought ya was going in then

[@WendallExplores]

That would be the quality acting convincing you there Dean 🤣🤣

[@mrengland6325]

n1 m8 keep up the good work and thanks

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks for watching!

[@deanandconner5194]

Is that by gunwallow

[@WendallExplores]

Yeah near

[@johnbarroll1120]

Thanks for the tour. Why not use safety lines barriers to create safe boundaries for swimming in treacherous English beaches?

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

A quick solution. Hammer a big log into the sand, attach rope to the log and your waist and go for a swim. It would be good to see the actual currents. Of course without dogs on the beach and few strong pals that can pull you out rapidly.

[@WendallExplores]

You are a genius!

[@katechase4905]

Loving watching all your videos 👍 Never been to Cornwall, but we are finally coming to Carbis Bay for a week at the beginning of November, which I'm guessing will be much quieter than now!!! You have given us so many ideas of what we can do, just need to see how much we can cram into a week! Keep up the excellent work 😃

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you, glad you find the videos useful. It will be nice and quiet in November, hopefully you catch some good weather at that time of year 🤞

[@maureensmullen6836]

Have s great time. I absolutely love Cornwall! x

[@Hedgehogsinthemist123]

Unfortuntely, tourists would ignore that sign and expect to be rescued.

[@poppythecat8791]

So they should big stone boulders along the waters edge

[@wipjenni]

That’s not how the sea works - especially at Porthleven. 😁

[@davidharris4062]

Was told years ago to avoid going into the water at Loe Bar, take notice of the warnings please

[@DrDaveW]

I’d be more concerned about adder snakes than mountain bikes. I think they are quite common there.

[@WendallExplores]

Always on the lookout for adders when the dogs are with me, no sign of them on this trip

[@DrDaveW]

@@WendallExplores Sorry, I know you would. I just mentioned it for other viewers, just in case.

[@xfoolsgoldx]

Looks beautiful💙✌😎🥃

[@WendallExplores]

Beautiful but deadly. Like some women I know.

[@xfoolsgoldx]

@@WendallExplores 😆👍

[@nigelknight6688]

Brilliant👍

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks Nigel!

[@andym1908]

Great content Oli . Down in 5 weeks .

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks Andrew!

[@ruthstennett2138]

You should do a day trip to flambards hehehe.....don't buy coffee there though

[@WendallExplores]

It’s on the list already 🤣🤣

[@deanandconner5194]

I done a vid on flambards

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

I used to MTB there many moons ago. It is known as Loo Bar locally. When we doing a joint movie? I have a few ideas.

[@WendallExplores]

What are your ideas Sidney? You can DM me on Instagram if you want to keep them hush hush 🤫

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

@@WendallExplores LOL!

[@Carl_Mitchell]

Great video

[@WendallExplores]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mandoblaster]

Great beach to fish from 👍

[@WendallExplores]

I can imagine yeah. I have a terrible track record fishing from the shore!

[@michah321]

Great job with your pup!! I know how Peggy feels, it would be hard to resist. But who could swim in Cornwall on New Year's Day!!!! OMG!!!! SOOO COLD!!!

[@rebornsmith7542]

Can confirm. Swam there. Died.

[@Anastasia-oy2zp]

Seems like a very lovely region. Would love to visit some day

[@timwright8785]

Someone told me a few years ago a man threw a stick in the sea for the dog to fetch the dog went in and just disappeared under the water

[@WendallExplores]

What an enchanting story 💀😬

[@shaunpreston2839]

Trebarwith is a very dangerous beach!

[@IAmImmortal4LyFe]

Can someone explain why is it so dangerous In this water isit because of sharks??

[@WendallExplores]

Watch the video for the answer you seek

[@AlexBoultz]

I don't know, maybe because it goes from 1ft to 100ft very quickly, with a Shorebreak that drags you out?

[@IAmImmortal4LyFe]

@@WendallExplores For 10Min? I rather jump in the deadly water and find out myself

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

​@@IAmImmortal4LyFe wirl pools

[@helenheggadon6324]

Can you swim in the lake?

[@tinaannwilloughby]

can you swim in the fresh water pool?

[@WendallExplores]

I guess so

[@downtherange]

Ripe Tides people just don’t understand..👍🏻

[@robcord5982]

Never heard of ‘Ripe Tides’.

[@shaunpreston2839]

You'd die on any beach if you can't swim!😢😮

[@pixieindigo]

Very good to make sure how important to head the warnings. ( Loved the bit with your dog rolling in something obviously smelly, 🤣)

[@mrp3930]

one of my regular walks, despite the signs, in the summer i still see idiots swimming when it's calm and people struggling to get out.

[@johnstack5008]

Did they have surfboards? Surfers like to ride the rip currents out and surf the waves coming in. Otherwise, they would have to paddle out which uses lots of energy.

[@mrp3930]

@@johnstack5008 no just swimming

[@RoninGroupUK]

Great vid. The sea is an unpredictable and merciless force. You still live in Cornwall buddy ?

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, still wander the duchy mate.

[@RoninGroupUK]

@@WendallExplores Im planning on coming to cornwall in July sometime to look for work and live. Your vids are really good to watch and give a great idea of each place.

[@WendallExplores]

@@RoninGroupUK awesome good luck with everything and if you need any info hit me up 🤙

[@RoninGroupUK]

@@WendallExplores Thank you Brother

[@RANDOMGAMER-71]

I’ve been to this exact beach before and never knew it was dangerous in the water

[@WendallExplores]

Lucky to survive my friend!

[@ricatkins4918]

...I guess as beautiful the beach is,, pointless going the

[@helencadwallader3796]

Thanks but if the water is so dangerous shouldnt you have your dogs on a lead. gosh.

[@darkspeed62]

Lmao I ove your dogs name Peggy and Spud lol

[@WendallExplores]

They came pre named I can’t take credit