At the same time, World War II started in September 1939, and the British Mandate Regime prohibited bathing in the beach.

In addition, the developing new city was pouring its sewage to the sea and the beaches were banned for bathing for sanitary reasons.

Seaside hotels and cafés were turning into questionable bars, gambling joints and brothels.

That enabled the cleansing of the beaches and preparations to be made in order to open them again to the public for bathing.

During that period, tombolo breakwaters were placed, causing significant expansion of the beaches allowing a greater number of people to enter.