Welcome to Dominical Lifeguards Website!
For a lot of people that came to live into town less than six years ago, it is hard to understand how dangerous this beach can be. Many others know how important it is to have lifeguards on duty, to keep people from drowning. During the first years there was a lot of support from people and business in general, surviving with a really tight budget with really low salaries and almost no equipment.
The good will of many others including retired people, visitors, some business, and friends from outside the country have helped to keep the program alive for this long.
Hopefully people in general and the government will realize how important is to keep the beach safe to make our beach more comfortable for our visitors and our own kids and families.
Hopefully we will be able to get funds soon and start the new project, but it all depends on the commitment and dedication of people that haven't cared much about the lifeguards...
Thanks a lot to the people involved with this program.
Two Brave and Commited Men
Matt Haley and Vinicio Montoya have shown the town of Dominical and its surroundings that things can be done right when you feel it and when you commit to it.
After almost six non stop years on duty, Captain Matt Haley retires from his position at the "yellow chair". Matt, along with Vinicio have seen at the beach what most of us never will. Year round schedules with hard sun, heavy rains, bugs, drunk people, anoying people, surfers and so many different situations that could keep anybody away from this position, is what these two brave men have gone through in the past eight years.
Thanks to these two guys that stop working today and that have done a great job for the town. Many thanks also to the guys that have served with them through the years, giving these guys a hand and learning about the ocean and how hard it is to make a living through this job. Thanks to the Blake brothers, Junior, Juanca, Alvaro, Kike, Nego, Gato, Rony, Jupas, Alejandro, Mike, Cindy, Steve, Ron, Richard, and Diane and all the long list of souls that have been behind this wonderful project.
Dominicals' lifeguard program is expanding and restructuring and looking forward to the arrival of our new lifeguard captain: Andrew Webster from Encinitas CA. Welcome aboard Andrew.
Pura Vida!