SURF DANGER: The first official weekend of...
SURF DANGER: The first official weekend of summer ended with a drowning (B2), but county lifeguards have already plunged into their inevitable surge of rescues. . . . Last summer, just under 7,000 people were fished from five of the county’s busiest beaches (above), and lifeguards say rip currents are to blame for most of those rescues.
Summer Rescues
Surf rescues kept lifeguards busiest last summer at these county beaches, and July was their busiest month.
* Total for July/August, 1990
Newport Beach: 2,772
Huntington State Beach: 1,362
Huntington City Beach: 1,076
Laguna Beach: 862
San Clement: 826
Source: Individual beaches
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