Several people are alive thanks to the quick thinking of lifeguards who jumped into action during harrowing situations.

Kerry Atwood began his career as a lifeguard at Waimea Bay 38 years ago, not far from where he grew up. For the past nine ...

Atlantic Beach lifeguards advise against water activities due to dangerous ocean conditions, urging public safety and to call ...

In the first race of a two-day lifeguard competition on Daytona Beach, an Australian made it to the checkered flag first. Jack Eveleigh, 21, defeated lifeguards from Florida in the "Surf Swim Race," ...

SEAL BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Good Samaritans helped free a lifeguard from the Seal Beach Pier after his buoy tangled around a railing while he tried to rescue someone. Witness Hayden Nguyen ...

Long Beach lifeguards are urging people not to go into the water after hours after swimmers had to be saved in three separate rescues on Thursday night in rip currents off the beach. Long Beach ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- A 15-year veteran Newport Beach lifeguard drowned attempting to rescue a swimmer in distress Sunday. At about 5 p.m., a swimmer was overcome by a wave near 32-year-old Ben ...

We asked Delaware ocean beach patrols for their statistics from the 2025 summer season. These are the numbers.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A Myrtle Beach-based lifeguarding company found liable for the 2018 drowning death of a Maryland man remains on the hook for one of the largest wrongful death payouts in ...