Wednesday, July 29, 2015

SMS Breaking Loose!...

Dateline: Wednesday afternoon, July 29, 2015... along Santa Monica South.

Rip current off of SMS Tower #17 at left of frame below...



Standing by at SMS Tower #17 below, Rookie LACo OL, Dustin Miller!  We were happy to see Dustin on duty as the last time we saw him was at the conclusion of last fall's Rookie Candidate Swim when he successfully made the cut in the swim...

x-ref:  http://countyrecurrent.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-2014-laco-rookie-swim-test-photos.html

A 10 year veteran LACo Lakes Lifeguard, Dustin is stoked to be on the beach!


Check out the surf at SMS Tower #18!


LACo OL, Eric, on duty at SMS Tower #18.


LACo OL, Justin and Colin, at SMS Tower #22...


Below, OL Justin Kirby "watching the water!"...


LACo OL, Brandon Henry Snell, watching the water at SMS Tower #24...


*** Video Alert! ***

Rescue At SMS Tower #24: The Video

     https://youtu.be/GNVFlNJ1ckk


Baywatch Santa Monica was on top of matters along SMS with Capt.  Matt Lutton and OLS Lars Gustafson on board!...



And no sooner than we had left Tower #24 than we noticed a rescue in progress at SMS Tower #26 with OL Cooper Moeschler in the water, with the BW rescue boat backed in to assist...

*** Video Alert ! ***

Rescue At SMS Tower #26: The Video





No way!... JAWS Jr.


Below, the view toward SMS Tower #26 and Venice beyond...


And about face, the view from the beach looking toward SMS Tower #25 and the Santa Monica Pier beyond...


 OL Nestor at SMS Tower #25, using his binoculars!... Well done!


Behind SMS Tower #18, thunder clouds in background stacking up against the Hollywood hills and the San Gabriel Mountains...



OL Dustin Miller, below, making preventions and moving some swimmers around at SMS Tower #16...


SMS Tower #16 was doubled and the senior OL on duty there was Taylor Manuel...



10-4

Until next time.....


"County Recurrent" News
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p.s.  And in the day's biggest surprise, in the men's locker room at CSHQ we discovered BEER!



(All photos and videos by & © Will Maguire 2015.)

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