In San Clemente, the surf was three to four feet, with an occasional set of five-footers.

In Seal Beach, where the surf hit four feet, lifeguards made 59 rescues by midday Sunday. In Laguna Beach, lifeguards had more than 60,000 beachgoers on city beaches over the weekend.

OC Lifeguards -which oversees beaches from South Laguna to Poche Beach at the border of Dana Point and San Clemente – took 2,303 preventive actions to keep people safe in the water by midday Sunday. Lifeguards had warned more than 4,000 people about rip current dangers by midafternoon on Sunday. Newport Beach drew more than 250,000 people over the weekend. “There are long lulls between swells, so beachgoers need to be aware that waves will wash over jetties and rocks that appear dry,” “Current conditions are hazardous for inexperienced swimmers and surfers at all south-facing beaches,” Young said. Lifeguards advise that people swim parallel to the shore, instead of fighting the current. Fifty-six people died in rip currents nationally that year. In 2015, three people were killed by rip currents in Southern California, one in Orange County. Problems arise when panicked swimmers try to counter rips by swimming straight back to shore – putting themselves at risk of drowning because of fatigue. Children are at risk of being snatched from shore when water that may at first be at foot level swells instantly to waist-high. The higher the surf, the more water there is to pull people out. When the surf pushes water onto the shore, the water finds low-lying contours in the beach and becomes a current as it withdraws with great force.

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