As cities across the Lower Mainland recruit new lifeguards amid a staffing crunch, two popular Vancouver beaches went unguarded over the weekend.
In a tweet Sunday, the Vancouver Park Board warned visitors to Spanish Banks West and Sunset Beach to take care while recreating in the water.
Vancouver Park Board aquatics supervisor Tony Syskakis said the city’s 120 outdoor lifeguards are first deployed to popular locations like Kitsilano Pool, New Brighton Pool, and Second Beach to meet minimum staffing levels there.
If those levels are met, staff are deployed to other, less busy areas.
Syskakis said the 120 outdoor lifeguards and 350 indoor lifeguards currently employed are enough to fully staff Vancouver’s aquatic
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