We arrived there around 8:30am with our dog on Sunday July 29th. If you found this review helpful, please press thank below. I will continue to frequent this beach as long as I live in Boston. I have never stayed past 8:30pm and it is still teeming with people at that time. The night life is a part of the experience -campfires on the beach. There is plenty of beach at high tide to accommodate all the beachgoers. There are changing rooms and port a potties, which can be nasty (make sure to wear shoes). You can choose to do the crowded beach experience or the more expansive beach thing. It did mean all of us had bathing suits full of sand by the end of the day. That did not stop us or anyone else from playing in it. Because the surf was strong it was sandy and there were lots of small floating seaweed debris. As with many beaches, there is no shade so bring your own - umbrella, tent, etc. We even saw some surfboard surfers later in the evening. The last time I went was the day after a storm and the waves were magnificent for body surfing and the water was warm enough to hang out in for hours. I have been to Compton when there are no waves and when the waves are strong. That does mean toting all our stuff down the loooong parking lot to the beach and then down the beach however far you want to go. We discovered that there are about 6 spots at the preserve just up the street and we could walk in from there. The parking situation goes like this: Cars & motorhomes park until the lot is full then as one car leaves, they allow one to enter. I have never been able to get my family motivated early so we always arrive around noon and end up waiting for parking, which you can't do right there. You either have to get there very early or around 2 in order to get in. Living in Boston, this is my beach of choice when I want to spend the whole day. I you found this review useful, please press thank below. I will always check in the future and be aware of signs that something has changed while I am in the water. There might have been some notice on the board at the entrance regarding the rip current, I will never know but. That helped him to figure out where to go and not to panic. I stated that the other swimmer was not and he went to the edge of rip current and guided him in verbally. Of note - one man on the beach remarked that he didn't know if we were in distress or were having fun out there! When I emerged out of the water, he asked if everyone was okay. One of the first swimmers out ran for the lifeguards and they did drive down the beach and administered oxygen to the inexperienced swimmer. Another thing was that I would be able to touch the ground easily then not, then be able to touch again - unrelated to the depth of the waves. It was almost as if the sand was being pulled out from under my feet when I was standing around in deeper water. The tug of the water felt different on my legs and feet. There were some signs pre-event I noticed in hindsight. Even being a good swimmer and comfortable in the water, I found it difficult to get myself to shore! Fortunately, he did not panic but used all of his swimming skills and emotional fortitude. Part of what was going on was that he did not recognize what had happened and continued to try to touch the bottom instead of starting to swim in- inexperience. He thought he was going to drown and he easily could have. (Swim parallel to the shore until you find the place where the rip current stops then head in to the shore.) One person, in particular, was not a confident swimmer and he ended up taking a lot longer to get in and almost gave up. Most of us were able to swim or be swept toward shore the way one is supposed to. It happened so fast we didn't notice until we were out there! I think we jumped a wave and were taken then. All of a sudden we weren't where we had been, we were still together but much farther out and couldn't touch the bottom any more. It was mid afternoon, the waves were large and wonderful and the water was warm. The final time was after the tide had shifted to outgoing. We had been jumping waves and body surfing all day, in and out of the water. This is my second review of South Shore Beach and all stands as before except that we had an experience where 6 of us were carried out on a rip current.
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