HOW TO SWIM SAFELY IN A MERMAID TAIL: 5 Tips to Keep you Safe and Healthy as a Mermaid ♥ How can you keep yourself or your child safe while swimming in the water with a mermaid tail on? This Mermaid Tail Swimming Safety Guide will tell you how to be safe as a mermaid or merman on dry land AND in the water! There’s a lot more to safety thank just knowing how to swim. This guide takes into account environmental factors and hazards, self-created risks, human related risks AND more!