Del Mar Lifeguards History

New Years Day Del Mar Beach Penguin Plunge... movie check your friends out; a huge community turnout..

2023 Penguin Plunge Del Mar Beach Del Mar Beach New Years Day 35th Annual plunge into the new year with DM lifeguards, DM City Community Services, family, friends, and community.

Ocean lifeguards, and ripcurrents...

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Del Mar City lifeguard Joyce Hoffman 1970-1973, was the Southern California's first women professional ocean lifeguard (possibly first paid women ocean world lifesaver).; hired by Captain Gardner Stevens 1970.

It’s Joyce Hoffman’s Time to Shine | San Clemente Times Dana Point Statue Celebrates the Life, Legacy of One of Surfing’s Most Influential Women By Jake Howard The collection of bronzed legends at Waterman’s Pla

Twenty five years of lifeguard summer dances, lets get them going again next JUNE 2022....

About summer 2010, Tyler Grant, Brendon Strause, and Tomas...17th Street beach break before a lifeguard work shift...

Del Mar City lifeguards, 1981 first USA agency to use an inflatable 12' 6" rescue boat, that's 39 years ago.... Thanks to Gardner Stevens, Grant Larson, Jack Ross, donators:
Helen Woodward, Jim Scripps... the DM community. As a rescue boat operator (29 years) I was part of the DMLG team lifesaving hundreds of swimmers!

Bill Erwin surfing (17th St. Del Mar) was duck diving out through a wave, and was run over, (8am) with a cut artery behind his knee... off duty lifeguard surfing, and locals carried Bill up to front door HQ (BUT LOCKED) but found the side garage door unlocked to use the phone for medics
1979...saved!