Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue sent a small but powerful contingent of five lifeguards to compete in the United States Lifesaving Association National Championships, coming home with some memorable ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Fort Lauderdale water program is teaching children important ocean safety skills. The junior lifeguard program trains youth participants from the ages of 9 to 17 ...

Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue officials said the holiday ... So, she says the best bet is to not fight it and let a lifeguard come get you. "You never wanna swim directly into shore in the rip ...

Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue said those currents are why ... in areas with lifeguards by the main strip of the beach between Lifeguard Towers 5 and 6, right near Las Olas Boulevard and State ...

A teen swimmer who drowned in rough ocean waters off Fort Lauderdale on Friday has been ... still out there and they kept trying to tell the lifeguard that,” she said. "The kids are devastated ...

He was swimming with friends near Lifeguard Tower 3 at 800 Seabreeze ... So far this year, Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue lifeguards have saved 145 swimmers in distress, including the 33 from ...

A teenage boy died swimming in the ocean off Fort Lauderdale ... in the water around 4:30 p.m. near Lifeguard Tower 3 at 800 Seabreeze Boulevard, said Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesman Frank ...

He lost consciousness and collapsed when a beach lifeguard spotted him and called ... quickly,” said Marcus Goolsby, of Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue. Goolsby and other members of Fort Lauderdale ...

A missing swimmer was reported at around 4:42 p.m. in the ocean near the 800 block of Seabreeze Boulevard, according to Fort Lauderdale ... kept trying to tell the lifeguard that,” she said.