CABRILLO BEACH

Cabrillo Beach LA City Junior Lifeguards Summer 2023

• New junior lifeguard participants must pass a swim test of 100 yards in 1:59 or less to be eligible of the Cabrillo Beach LA City Junior Lifeguard Program and  Junior lifeguard participants must be 9 years old or older by June 20th, 2023

• Swim tests are held as follows:

Hey Rookie Pool

3601 S Gaffey St
San Pedro, CA 90731
(310)521-9017

Overseen by PM 2 Liza Vargas

• 3:30pm-5:00pm: Tuesday June 6th, Wednesday June 7th, Thursday June 8th, Friday June 9th
• Saturday June 10th 1:00pm-5:00pm

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Banning Pool

1450 N Avalon Blvd
Wilmington, CA 90744
(310)548-7420

Overseen by AFM I Yasmin Saxey-Santillo

• 10:00am-12:00pm Sunday June 11th, 18th

• Swim testing shall conclude on June 18th, 2023

• Program costs: $500 flat rate and $480 for each junior lifeguard participant in the immediate household (there will be no prorating program costs)

• Make checks out to LA City Parks and Recreation Division (card is MOST preferable)

• Registering program participants parents must have the driver's license on them in order to complete program payment and fulfill registration

• The program will begin Tuesday June 20th (we're observing Juneteenth Monday June 19th) and run until Friday August 4th

• The program starts 8:00 am and concludes at 12:00 pm Monday through Friday

• There will be no program on July 4th

• Parents will drop off junior lifeguards at the picnic benches by the inner harbor of Cabrillo Beach and junior lifeguards meet at LA City Lifeguard Tower 2

• We'll be in communication with the Cabrillo Beach parking enforcement to assure that parents can drop off and pick up junior lifeguard participants conveniently 

• Our program participants are 9-17 years old and there are 4 divisions: C's (9-11 years old) B's (12-13 years old) A's (14-15 years old) AA's (16-17 years old)

• Junior lifeguard activities include running, stretching, learning first aid and CPR, ocean swimming, paddling and other such open water knowledge

• We host a junior lifeguard competition at Cabrillo Beach and may be traveling for other junior lifeguard competitions at Newport Beach

• We have field trips with our program to places like : marine mammal care center, Catalina Island, Fire Station 112 (next to maritime museum), and more

• Registration can be completed at the link https://www.laparks.org/discover-activities?activity_id=671122301; previous junior lifeguard participants do not need to take the swim test and can register right away at the link

• For any further inquiries please refer to Junior Lifeguard Coordinator, Vianne Kelly: email cabrillobeach.lifeguard@lacity.org phone (310)548-2909