High surf, rip currents, warm water and hundreds of thousands of beachgoers kept lifeguards at Orange County’s south-facing beaches hustling to save swimmers and surfers caught in the currents on Sunday, July 9. And more dangerous conditions could be coming. Laguna Beach had 211 rescues on Sunday alone, with lifeguards still on patrol as of 6 p.m., said Lifeguard Capt. Tom Trager. They had 95 rescues on Saturday. In Newport Beach over the weekend, lifeguards made more than 180 rescues by late Sunday afternoon, said Newport Beach Lifeguard Battalion Chief Brent Jacobsen. That compared to 134 rescues on July 4th weekend. A Huntington Beach lifeguard checks on a swimmers as he helps herds...
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