After local sightings over the past few weeks of juvenile great white sharks along our coastal waters, the ELA wanted to shed some light...

Surfing is free and without boundaries. Surfing is about the pursuit of creativity and style. No government, no tickets, no referees, no...

We receive a lot of questions about the name,"Moonlight Bootleggers" and how is it associated with the Encinitas Lifesaving Association?...

Family members who live outside of California always suggest the California Grunion is folklore, much like the beloved “Jackalope.”...

Or what we like to call the “Stingray Shuffle". The round stingray, or Urolophus halleri, is brown in color often mottled or spotted on...

Jellyfish are believed to have existed for more than 650 million years and have done so with no life sustaining organs such as a heart,...

Summer time, one would think, would be a time to relish the warmer waters off our coast. However, this is the time of year wetsuit...

2019 Drowning Prevention Awareness is June 14th - June 24th and the Encinitas Lifesaving Association wants to provide the tools and...

With summer heating up and the end of the school year, many families are planning events in and around the water. If you are heading to...

Besides soft sand squishing between the toes of our beach goers we occasionally see tar stuck to the heels and toes of our walkers and...

My forehead feels like it is on fire and my kids say I look like a wrinkled tomato, but I only was out in the sun for 15 minutes. What is...

Professional ocean lifeguarding is demanding and all eyes rest upon you when you sit atop the tower maintaining the appearance of lord...

Drowning remains the third leading cause of unintentional injury related deaths accounting for 9% of total global mortality according to...

In our great state drowning is the leading cause of injury and death for persons under 15 years of age and statistics suggest for every...