{"id":6315,"date":"2020-05-01T03:19:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T03:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6315"},"modified":"2020-05-01T03:19:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T03:19:54","slug":"large-swell-warning-as-beaches-remain-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/01\/large-swell-warning-as-beaches-remain-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Large swell warning as beaches remain closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-main \">\n<div class=\"bg-container\">\n<div id=\"content-main\" class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"second-lvl-wrap\">\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"inner-content event-detail-page\">\n<div class=\"inner-desc\">\nWith large swells forecast this weekend, City of Newcastle is reminding the community that\u00a0all beaches remain closed in response to COVID-19 restrictions and seasonal patrols have ceased at Stockton, Newcastle and Dixon Park, along with Merewether Ocean Baths.<br \/>\nLifeguards are still patrolling Nobbys, Bar and Merewether beaches and Newcastle Ocean Baths through the cooler months, where they continue to monitor public safety and encourage adherence to social distancing measures.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sally-Burns-inside.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Large-swell-warning\/Sally-Burns-inside.jpg.aspx\" alt=\"Sally-Burns-inside.jpg\" \/><strong><sup>Merewether Beach lifeguard Sally Burns<\/sup><\/strong><br \/>\nOur lifeguards have played a key role in the response to COVID-19, promoting social distancing at beaches and working with NSW Police by monitoring adherence to the Public Health Orders.<br \/>\nThe summer season beach patrols will recommence on Saturday 26 September.<br \/>\nFor more information about how we\u2019re responding to COVID-19, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/COVID-19\">www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/COVID-19<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"find-us\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"top jq-top\">\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With large swells forecast this weekend, City of Newcastle is reminding the community that\u00a0all beaches remain closed in response to COVID-19 restrictions and seasonal patrols have ceased at Stockton, Newcastle and Dixon Park, along with Merewether Ocean Baths. Lifeguards are still patrolling Nobbys, Bar and Merewether beaches and Newcastle Ocean Baths through the cooler months, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/01\/large-swell-warning-as-beaches-remain-closed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Large swell warning as beaches remain closed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}