GENOVESES: Beauty spot but has strong currents.
THE season is over but Nijar is making plans for summer 2016.
Nijar’s mayor Esperanza Perez and the regional government’s delegate to Almeria Province Sonia Ferrer are studying how best to ensure safety for swimmers.
Four of the eight people who drowned while swimming in Almeria this summer were on beaches in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar national park.
The area’s wild or virgin beaches in the Cabo de Gata- Nijar national park are prized because they are untouched by development and are less crowded than urban beaches and Playa de Los Genoveses was recently voted Spain’s best beach.
But they are also less safe because they do not have onsite lifeguards and can also be dangerous because of treacherous currents and undertow when the fierce Poniente and Levante winds blow.
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