{"id":220522,"date":"2026-04-06T13:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220522\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:51:08","slug":"33-beachgoers-in-hollywood-rescued-by-ocean-rescue-over-weekend-amid-rip-currents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220522\/","title":{"rendered":"33 beachgoers in Hollywood rescued by Ocean Rescue over weekend amid rip currents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM<\/p>\n<p>Dozens rescued in Hollywood amid rip currents A total of 20 rescues involving 33 people were made by Ocean Rescue in Hollywood over the weekend amid strong rip currents, a spokesperson for Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HOLLYWOOD, Fla.  \u2014 A total of 20 rescues involving 33 people were made by Ocean Rescue in Hollywood over the weekend amid strong rip currents, a spokesperson for Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the spokesperson, Ocean Rescue personnel stayed at the beach until 7:30 p.m. Sunday to keep beachgoers safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/05\/beachgoers-taking-caution-over-warnings-for-powerful-rip-currents\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/05\/beachgoers-taking-caution-over-warnings-for-powerful-rip-currents\/\">red flag warnings lined South Florida beaches<\/a>, and for good reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty powerful, for sure,\u201d said beachgoer Ethan Jacobson. \u201cIf you get out there a little bit, you definitely get pushed around pretty easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The rip current danger along the coast has put beach visitors on notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not a swimmer, so I stay close to shore,\u201d said Ken Harris. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">At times, lifeguards could be heard blowing their whistles to get the attention of swimmers who strayed too far into the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cDefinitely gotta be aware,\u201d said Jacobson. \u201cYou can\u2019t go out there just blindly. Bad things can happen quick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On Friday, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said they performed over 50 water rescues, and transported two people to the hospital. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Isabella Martin\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/09e8bd89-5433-45a7-b775-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Isabella Martin<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Isabella Martin joined the reporting team at WPLG in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amanda Batchelor\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83776d46-011c-4018-ab.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Amanda Batchelor<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM Dozens rescued in Hollywood amid rip currents A total of 20 rescues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-220522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}