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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order declaring July Rip Current Awareness Month on July 5 at Nickerson Beach, alongside the Nassau County Legislature’s presiding officer, Rich Nicolello, and Josephine De Moura, whose daughter drowned in a rip current.

Rip currents are Nassau County theme for July

Rip currents are powerful, narrow channels of fast-moving water headed away from shore that aren’t easy for recreational swimmers to spot. Nervous swimmers who find themselves caught in a rip … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 7/16/23

More than 50 Long Beach lifeguards, firefighters, police and others searched the water for a missing boy from Hempstead on Tuesday for several hours.

Rescuers halt search for missing swimmer in Long Beach

Rescue crews suspended recovery efforts Wednesday afternoon after a massive search for a missing 10-year-old boy who went swimming at Edwards Boulevard beach on Tuesday, Fire Commissioner Scott … more

By Anthony Rifilato and Bridget Downes | 6/20/18

This summer, stay safe in and around the water

Whether it’s the shimmering water of a backyard pool, a lake or the ocean, having fun there necessitates a cautious approach to help ensure that children and adults remain safe. Year after year . . . more

6/22/17

Stay safe in and around the water this summer

Public and private pools are busy all over Long Island’s South Shore, and the Atlantic Ocean is finally warm enough for comfortable swimming. In any of those settings, an emphasis on safety . . . more

7/13/16

The beach scene at 7:22 p.m. one recent evening.

Long Beach must rethink sending lifeguards home at 6 p.m.

Come visit our beaches, walk the boardwalk and enjoy our restaurants — but don’t expect to be able to swim safely after 6 p.m. That’s the message the City of Long Beach is sending . . . more

8/14/15

Photos courtesy Bill Bennett Long Beach lifeguards, firefighters, police and other first responders formed a human chain as they searched for 23-year-old Kashawn Carlos, who went missing at National Boulevard beach after he was caught in a rip current.

Search for missing L.B. swimmer ends in tragedy

Three days after a Brooklyn man drowned in rough waters while lifeguards were off duty, Long Beach’s chief of lifeguards, Paul Gillespie, closed the ocean to swimmers on Tuesday, citing even … more

By Anthony Rifilato and Matthew Ern | 8/6/15

Swim safely this summer

Swimming in a pool or the ocean is some of the best fun that summer has to offer, but the dangers are ever-present — in the Town of Hempstead alone, lifeguards make more than 2,000 rescues each summer . . . more

6/25/15

Think like a lifeguard this summer

The rip currents off South Shore beaches that were predicted last weekend, courtesy of Hurricane Arthur, for the most part didn’t show, but many others surely will this summer. more

7/9/14

Swimmers can expect rough surf at the beach this Fourth of July weekend.

Dangerous surf, rip currents expected for South Shore this weekend

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday, which they warn will cause dangerous waves and rip currents this Fourth of July weekend. … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 7/3/14

Stay safe in the water this summer

Now that school is over, the action will ramp up at backyard and public pools as well as Long Island’s beaches. more

6/20/13

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