An increase in rip tides and dangerous shore breaks has led to an increase in rescues at Huntington Beach, with more than 350 last week, according to a July 11 Instagram post by Huntington Beach lifeguards.
In the post, lifeguards said they also had to take 10,250 preventative actions, like informing beachgoers of the ocean’s current conditions.
Southern California beaches are seeing more visitors as temperatures start to rise for the first time after a record-breaking offseason full of rain and clouds.
According to Trevor McDonald, the marine safety division battalion chief for the Huntington Beach Fire Department, a lifeguard rescue is anytime someone needs to be helped back to the shore, and most of the time it’s due to rip tides….