I appreciate your perspective, caution is never bad, but as the guy said, everything in moderation, including moderation. I was thinking about it more and I th

I appreciate your perspective, caution is never bad, but as the guy said, everything in moderation, including moderation. I was thinking about it more and I think one aspect that is important is what you mention about "which beach". I agree with you completely, there's beaches in our coast we'd never swim in, not even in a group, even as adults. And in some areas of the country almost all the beaches are in that category. So I think you're quite right, your position was more general and I was thinking too much about the beaches I had nearby while growing up. Particularly how many meters of "foot" (not sure what the word is in english) you have - ie can you just stand up and not have to stay afloat. That was always the understood rule as kids, we can go alone to the sea but we need to stay "with foot".