Sea Isle's Lifeguards of Tomorrow!
Sea Isle City Beach Patrol's Junior Lifeguard Program for the summer of 2024, which is opened to applicants ages 14 to 17, will be held each Tuesday and Thursday from July 23 through August 8. Times for the program, which takes place at 44th Street on the beach, are from 10:30 AM until 1:00 PM. Selected junior guards will participate in a Tuesday and Thursday afternoon rowing program. Enrollment in the program is limited to the first 40 applicants. Weather postponements will be announced by 9:45 AM on the home page of the beach patrol's website.
Junior guards who are 15, 16, or 17 years of age (not 14), can sign up for a stroke clinic by indicating their desire on the registration form. The clinic, which starts in late June / early July, is held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 9:00 AM. To be considered for the stroke clinic a candidate's junior guard registration must be received by June 15th. The clinic is intended for those in need of swim instruction who will seek employment with the beach patrol upon graduating the program in August or at the beginning of the 2025 summer season. The clinic is not intended for those presently on a swim team.
The program will introduce basic lifesaving skills and rescue techniques as an educational and physical training foundation for prospective beach patrol employees. Beach patrol instructors will apply principles of surf bashing, swimming, running, paddling, and ocean rowing to techniques of water rescue and beach management appropriate to age and developing skill. Junior lifeguards developing through the program to the advanced level who are sixteen years of age or older may be selected for employment with the beach patrol upon graduating the program in August. Also, preference on hiring at the beginning of each summer season is given to individuals who have participated in this program.
All junior guards should bring a towel, running shoes, sunblock, liquids to stay properly hydrated, and needed medications.
A fee of twenty-five dollars per applicant is necessary to help defray the cost of pool rentals, the junior lifeguard uniform shirts distributed to each participant, and the end of the program barbeque. The fee is due when the application form is submitted. Checks should be made payable to Sea Isle City Beach Patrol.
A registration form can be downloaded by clicking here. Mail (do not hand deliver) registration forms to Sea Isle City Beach Patrol, 233 JFK Boulevard, Sea Isle City, NJ 08243. A second option starting Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend is to deliver the registration form directly to Sea Isle City Beach Patrol Headquarters located at 44th Street and Promenade. Headquarters is where junior guards report for roll call each day of the program.