Venice Going Off!...

Proof that the Burnside rescue can, indeed, does float!... Woo Hoo!...

Huge Rips, lateral currents, rescues, boat assists, on duty lifeguards, retired lifeguards slumming it at Ave-26.... photos & videos...  get comfortable cuz you are in for a real treat...

Dateline: Sat., July 11, 2015... off duty foot patrol patrol from SMS Tower #28 to Driftwood and back... with a minor detour to the Poke Joint on the Venice Boardwalk on the return trip...

We brought out the Nikon DSLR today along with the bulletproof all weather Nikon Coolpix and even shot a couple of photos with our new Lumix with a Leica lens...

Shota at Navy St.!...

Pounding strong surf along the Avenues in Venice...

On to Ave 26...

Old School line up at Ave 26...

OL-Paramedic, Barry Snyder on duty at Ave 26...

Ave 26 body surfers...

Buccaneer Guard on the move after observing two adult males jump off the Venice Pier...

*** Video Alert ! ***

 South Swell At Venice Pier: The Video

      https://youtu.be/WhPXNYcngT0

Back to Ave 26...

And then a rip catches two swimmers off of Ave 26...

Two guards hit the water...

Fortunately, the cavalry is nearby...

*** Video Alert ! ***

 Baywatch To The Rescue: The Video

      https://youtu.be/IIrupuSL2LM

Both swimmers made it safely to shore. One on their own and the other rescued by OLS JVD off of the rescue boat and handed off to the Ave 26 guard...  Meanwhile, the guard from the Pier had some fun getting back to shore...

And then one of the Dept's jetskis piloted by one of our lifeguards was launched just south of the Ave  23 jetty for use in assisting with rescues along the Avenues, etc...

Supervisors, off duty and/or retired, at Ave 26... in full observation mode...

Ave 23 Prevents...

Telephoto shot from the boardwalk of Thornton tower...

Leaving Venice...

Back in Santa Monica along SMS...

And check out the guns on Baywatch Rescue Boat Captain-Paramedic, Jay Butki! Jay was teamed up with OLS-Paramedic, Dylan Jones, today on one of the Baywatch rescue boats which I discovered when I swam out there to where the boat was tied up at the SMS Tower #26 buoy...

SMS Tower #26...

 

Last but not least a gnarly rip, albeit, with nobody in it off of SMS Tower #27...

10-4

Until next time.....


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

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