Operation Recap

Read all about ISLA’s Operation India 2023 on how we trained 10 Instructor Cadets and 65 lifeguards, blending skill development with cultural immersion.

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Three Administrators of the ISLA recently embarked on an epic adventure during the Rosarito to Ensenada 50-mile bike ride.

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ISLA conducts it’s first Lifeguard Instructor academy in Nicaragua

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Six professional lifeguards from Argentina, Canada, and the USA conduct a reconnaissance mission for future lifeguard trainings in Nicaragua.

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– Jazmin Flores

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ISLA & Lifeguards Without Borders has just finished its very first humanitarian project in Southern California! We were extremely happy to welcome our volunteers from all over the world.

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In fall of 2015, the ongoing crisis of refugees drowning and/or arriving desperate to the shores of Lesvos, Greece became a call to action for the Lifeguard Hellas team to head to the island. They set up relief stations and lifeguard services to attempt to decrease the drowning rates for desperate refugees. Their efforts have now directly affected […]

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Great job ISLA Guards!!! This year’s Project Nicaragua volunteers were: Chris Angelotti – Oceanside, CA Donny Constransitch – North Myrtle Beach Ocean Rescue, SC Nicole Emmerson – Jacksonville Beach (ARC Volunteer Lifesaving Corps), FL Alexis Fender – ISLA, U.S.A. Natalie Foley – Sandy Beach Association, MA Bryce Green – Nags Head Ocean Rescue, NC William […]

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Just a few weeks ago, 22 ISLA volunteers traveled 1,000 miles roundtrip to the southern tip of Baja and conducted  various lifeguard training workshops in the community of Bahia Asuncion, Mexico.  This trip marks the 25th year that some of the world’s best lifeguards volunteer to share their ocean rescue knowledge and techniques with members of […]

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Our second day of water safety education, we met the wonderful kids at the 3 Mariposas Montessori (3MM) school in Cabarete, Dominican Republic. We offered a swim class at the swimming pool at The Mariposa DR Foundation. The swim class focused on survival swimming, water safety around pools and at the beach, and how to call […]

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ISLA 2013 Review! It was our biggest year yet! Thank you to all of our supporters, we couldn’t have done it without you! To summarize our biggest moments from 2013… “In 2013, ISLA launched a fully functional prototype of the worlds first Global Drowning Tracker(c). Not only did GDT get the global drowning prevention community talking, […]

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10-23-13 Potsdam, Germany I have had some pretty amazing opportunities with ISLA (speaking to congress, flying in helicopters, and surfing in lakes to mention a few), and I will definitely include The World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2013 right up there at the top.  There were people from all over the place presenting on everything […]

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10-17-13 : London Gatwick Airport I’ve just wrapped up a three day visit to the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) Headquarters in Poole, Dorset.  This was one of the main reasons I came to Europe, and I am so glad I did.  The RNLI blew me away in every aspect of their operation.  They started […]

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      With over 300 drownings since 2010, and 62 this past Summer alone, the Great Lakes have some of the highest drowning rates in the United States. In recent years, an enormous effort from groups like the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project and other Fire, Paramedic and Police based agency members have been […]

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Our recent ISLA trips to Europe proved to be a massive success for gaining worldwide impressions for the ISLA brand, for the agencies we worked alongside with, and for ISLA’s incredible sponsors. Why the importance of strong media attention? At ISLA we believe first and foremost that awareness is the number 1 step in taking […]

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ISLA certified Macedonian Rescuer in Lake Mladost.  Founded in October 2010, Macedonian Rescuer is an effort based out of Eastern Europe to organize an effective lifesaving force for the community and surrounding waterways of Veles, Macedonia. With an increase in tourism, and city and regional planning to develop large scale tourism operations in the near […]

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Read Costa Rica Blog 1 Update from Noah Sinclair: Greg and I stopped by a beach on our way from San Jo to Dominical where We had heard of local surfers without any proper training or resources life guarding a two kilometer stretch of beach. The name of of the beach is Bejico, its located […]

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Photos from the Junior Lifeguard Camp  |  Photos from Dominican Lifeguarding  |  Photos of our Voluntourism  |  Learn of ISLA’s involvement in the DR   |  Read the official Press Release

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Want to teach a Jr. Guard Camp in the DR? Interested in joining us? Apply for the trip online!   DR Jr. Guard Camp Dates: 3/24-3/26, 2013 (Sunday-Tuesday) Location: Cabarete, Dominican Republic Ages: 7-18 years old. Apply to participate in the camp. ISLA Lifeguards Offer Junior Lifeguard Camp in the Dominican Republic   HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – Volunteer […]

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This past holiday season, four ISLA lifeguards from the United States met with several lifeguarding agencies in South America. Countries the ISLA team visited were Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. The team met it’s goal of sharing the ISLA mission with our South American brothers and establishing a lifeguarding exchange for next years holiday season […]

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So I woke up this morning in a hammock, on a balcony, in a tree-house with the taste of salt in my mouth. Before opening my eyes I could not only hear the waves, but feel them, our justly named “tree-house”/lifeguard tower was located directly on the shore. How did I get here? I had been in […]

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ISLA Course trainees in La Romana-Bayahibe  ISLA trainees with their new ISLA certs!  ISLA trainees in Cabarete.  This past November, the International Surf Lifesaving Association (ISLA) sent a team of professional lifeguards to the Dominican Republic (DR) as part of an initiative to minimize deaths and injuries caused by drowning. As part of the three […]

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In the past week, ISLA, had the privilege of sponsoring our largest volunteer mission to date.  The mission pulled in 21 volunteers from various regions including Torrey Pines, Carlsbad, Crystal Cove, Huntington Beach, Manhattan Beach and New Jersey.  The trip was led by, ISLA Coordinator, Aaron Quintanar. Aaron is well known throughout Baja Mexico for […]

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