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Record Heat Drives Crowds to the San Clemente Coast
More than a million people crowded the local beaches Saturday as scorching temperatures moved in.
Record-breaking hot weather made Southern California beaches a popular destination today.
The hot weather and outset of spring break season has prompted the opening of more lifeguard towers than is typical for this time of year and seasonal lifeguards were also being deployed earlier than usual.
Inland heat was driving people to the beach, Laguna Beach lifeguard Lt. Kai Bond told the Orange County Register.
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A healthy south swell began sending 3- to 4-foot waves ashore beginning Friday, with some 5-foot breakers and strong rip currents expected today, according to The Register.
Newport Beach lifeguards had extra staff on a number of beaches.
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“We have two of the three important elements,” Newport Beach lifeguards battalion chief Brent Jacobsen told The Register. “We have some surf coming in and we have warm weather.
“And the water temperature isn’t super hot yet, but it’s a little warm for this time of year, so people are trunking it.”
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