![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/cornwall-holidaymakers-need-rip-current-warnings-says-surfer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/131064167_chrissurfing.jpg&description=Image source, Chris Farrant Image caption, Chris Farrant said the rescues made him nervous and he plans to do first aid training A learner surfer left shaken after performing two separate rescues is urging holiday accommodation providers to warn guests about rip currents. Chris Farrant was "dragged out to sea" as he saved a man from drowning at Polurrian Cove and feared returning to the water for more than a year. On the day he did, on 5 September, he performed a second rescue at the cove. Visit Cornwall said it agreed that "increased messaging" via accommodation providers could "save lives". Mr Farrant, 40, who described himself as an "advanced beginner" said he felt "totally out of his comfort zone" carrying out both rescues. Image source, Chris Farrant Image caption, The cove was described as a remote spot which was becoming "increasingly popular" On the first occasion in August 2022 he spotted a man aged around 60 in trouble stuck in a rip current who he believed "didn't have much longer left" to live. After falling off his surf board and then "drifting further and further out", he managed to get him safely back to shore. Mr Farrant said: "Afterwards you get all the 'what ifs' - it's essentially putting you in danger as well". "It put me off surfing for quite some time, I didn't really go back in the water there for a bit just because of the anxiety it caused me". On 5 September he finally felt able to go back in the water and began surfing only to see a young man "flailing about, calling for help" and "clearly struggling a lot". Another victim of a rip current, he helped him back to shore as part of a group rescue with two other surfers. Image source, Chris Farrant Image caption, Chris Farrant said he felt the solution was educating people about the sea "I don't really rate my lifesaving abilities," he said and described it as "luck" that he was able to save them. He said he wanted accommodation providers to do more to warn visitors how dangerous the sea can be){kind=link}
A learner surfer left shaken after performing two separate rescues is urging holiday accommodation providers to warn guests about rip currents.
Chris Farrant was “dragged out to sea” as he saved a man from drowning at Polurrian Cove and feared returning to the water for more than a year.
On the day he did, on 5 September, he performed a second rescue at the cove.
Visit Cornwall said it agreed that “increased messaging” via accommodation providers could “save lives”.
Mr Farrant, 40, who described himself as an “advanced beginner” said he felt “totally out of his comfort zone” carrying out both rescues.