Beaches in Los Angeles and Southern California
About
Beaches
Lifeguards
- County of
Los Angeles Lifeguard Division. "...the Los Angeles County
Lifeguard Service employs 132 year-round lifeguards (chiefs, captains and
ocean lifeguard specialists) and over 650 hundred seasonal lifeguards (recurrents).
Responsible for providing ocean lifesaving protection for over 72 miles of
Southern California coastline, the Los Angeles County Lifeguards perform
over 10,000 ocean rescues a year. The service is also entrusted with
protecting and serving an estimated fifty-five million beachgoers a year.
In addition, County lifeguards provide around the clock paramedic services
to the residents of Catalina Island."
