Khawas is one of the easier places on the Kuwait coast to get in the water, but it is still open sea. There is no wall to stop a current and no lane to keep you straight. Most trouble there does not start with a weak swimmer. It starts with someone walking in without looking at the water first.
Stand still for a minute and watch. Is the tide coming in or going out? An outgoing tide pulls everything with it, faster below the surface than it looks from the sand. Note where the current runs, and any choppy patch or line of white water near the channel or marina entrance.
Wind matters just as much. A strong offshore wind pushes you away from the beach fast, and the swim back is much harder than the swim out. If the water is stirred up or the wind is up, it is not a swimming day. Skipping it costs you nothing.
Always have someone with you in the water, or someone on the beach watching. That person is your first rescue and your first call for help. Tell someone where you are going and when you expect to be back.
Khawas sees boat and jet ski traffic, and you will not spot it well at water level. Stay close to shore, well outside the line boats use, and keep something bright on the surface so you are visible. Do not swim near the channel or marina mouth, where traffic is heaviest and the current accelerates.
A rip current pulls you away from the beach. The instinct is to swim straight against it, which drains people. Swim parallel to the shore until you leave the width of the current, then angle back in. Do not fight it head-on.
If you tire, roll onto your back and float. Let your breathing settle before you continue. Panic burns energy that the current never asked for.
Keep a child within arm's reach, not playing at the waterline while the adult sits further up. A life jacket for small children is not negotiable, even in shallow water. Attention drops after a couple of hours in the sun, so build in shade breaks.
Shout for help and keep your eyes locked on the person so you do not lose them. Throw something that floats if they are close, and reach with a rope, pole, or anything long instead of going in yourself. A panicking swimmer can drown the person trying to save them, and then there are two victims instead of one.
From a boat, the SOS button in B7R (بØر) gets a call for help out fast, and the app carries sea state plus tide times for Shuwaikh and Shuaiba to judge when it settles. The fish guide, seasons calendar, and marine navigation tools are there for the rest of the trip.
Download B7R (بØر) free on Google Play and check the sea before you arrive: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.q8dm.b7r