Junior Lifeguard Research Paper

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I hear the crunch under my feet and the smell of the salt in the air. I hear the waves crashing and see the boat coming. With my entire Junior Lifeguard group we jogged towards the south side shore of Seal Beach. The first half of my group had already gone to do boat drops, but it was my turn now. My instructor Jeremy was with us and we were getting ready to swim out to the length of tower zero. As I waded into the water I could feel the shock of the cool, crisp wind blowing against it. Once we got out to tower zero I could see the boat nearing. We floated in the chopping water as the boat was getting ready to help us in. One at a time the lifeguards on the boat would tell us to put our back to the swim step and give them our hands, which were …show more content…

The driver sped off towards Ester Island which is a island where we take oil out of the sea floor. We got to see all of the seals barking and jumping up and down on the island. After we went to Ester Island we went to the North Side of the beach and waved hi to the other Junior Lifeguards who were on their paddle boards. Now it was time to head back to south side jetty and get ready for boat drops. We got as close as it was safe to go to the jetty, then all of us climbed back onto the swim step, hung our heels as far off the edge as we could, and held onto the plastic of the boat or the slippery metal railing. The lifeguards told us we would be going 25 mph and that when we were pointed to we would roll off of the edge like a rolly polly. The engine then started up and we were off. There were four people who went before me then I was pointed to. I quickly took my hands off of the railing and hugged my legs. I rolled off of the swim step into the fluffy wake from the boat. The wake sent me spinning in circles under water and I got some water up my nose, but I loved it! Everyone who was in the water looked at each other with smiles as big as the

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