What was black sunday at bondi beach. We speak to lifesavers and swimmers who were there on a day which saw five people drown and 250 swimmers needing assistance. Ken francis lifesaver on black sunday. Bondi beach b n d a is a popular beach and the name of the surrounding suburb in sydney new south wales australiabondi beach is located 7 km 4 mi east of the sydney central business district in the local government area of waverley council in the eastern suburbsit has a population of 11656 residents.
On that weekend the weather was clear but a large swell was hitting the coast. Black sunday a human chain was formed to keep the crowds from those being resuscitated on the sand. Lifesavers resuscitate bathers after three freak waves hit bondi beach causing undertow that swept nearly 200 swimmers out to sea on black sunday on 6 february 1938.
Black sunday sunday 6th february 1938 appeared a typical summers day on bondi beach. The bathing area flags were positioned almost directly opposite the bondi pavilion about 80 yards apart. Black sunday on bondi beach 1938 the remarkable true story of the largest mass surf rescue in australias history.
On saturday lifesavers on patrol at bondi had been busy pulling people from the heavy surf. Since early in the morning on popular bondi beach an estimated crowd of 35000 sydneysiders had been enjoying the soaring temperatures. Sunday the 6th february 1938 began as a normal summers day in sydney.
You could say it was a beautiful day and not too hot. Bondi beach 2026 more than 150 lifesavers commemorated the 80th anniversary of australias deadliest mass surf rescue by re enacting black sunday when three waves washed swimmers out to sea at bondi beach in sydneys eastern suburbs. Black sunday storm a 1935 dust storm that swept across the midwestern united states during the dust bowl black sunday a 1938 event of extraordinary surf conditions at bondi beach sydney australia black sunday 1955 a series of bushfires in south australia black sunday the day of the deadly 1967 iowaminnesota tornado outbreak.
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