AFTER such a long period of cold weather, everyone can’t wait to get back in the water and soak up the warm summer weather, but with the state’s drowning numbers as high as they have ever been over the past couple of years, water safety is crucial.

Royal Life Saving (RLS) Australia released its National Drowning report for 2022 recently with findings showing 53 people drowned in the water during the 2021-22 financial year.