Folsom Lake Junior Lifeguards

2026 Registration is NOW OPEN!🚨Please visit our website to register www.parks.ca.gov/folsomlakejg 😎

Folsom Lake SRA Seasonal Lifeguard tryouts are coming up!

2026 Lifeguard Tryout Dates:
Saturday, April 25th
Saturday, May 16th
**All tryouts will be held at the Granite Bay Main Beach at 10am.

Tryout Requirements :
-Complete a competitive 1,000 yard open water swim in under 20 minutes
-Consecutive 200 yard run, 400 yard swim, 200 yard run in under 10 minutes

If you are under the age of 18 a parent/guardian must be present.

Minimum Job Requirements:
🪪Valid Driver’s License
🏊Strong swimming ability

Starting Pay: $21.29-$23.59/hour

If interested or have questions, please contact:
Sgt. Ryan Steele- [email protected]
916-257-7105

We hope you can join us this summer for Junior Lifeguards at Folsom Lake! Please see below for important dates.

🚨Registration will open April 4th at 8 am through ReserveCalifornia.com

🏊Tryouts will be held for new participants on May 6th and 7th.

☀️Session 1 will run Monday-Friday 9am-2pm June 8th - July 2nd at Black Miners Bar.

☀️Session 2 will run Monday-Friday 9am-2pm July 6th-31st at Black Miners Bar.

To stay up to date with upcoming program information visit our website to join our email list. www.parks.ca.gov/folsomlakejg

The last two weeks for the fall session included a lot of medical skills (including CPR, splinting, bleeding control, treating shock, and how to backboard a patient), we also practiced interviewing skills, and ended with kayaking on Lake Natoma. Great job JGs we are so impressed by how much you learned and grew as a team! 😊

This week was great! We got to go out on patrol boats around Folsom Lake, learned some first aid skills, and practiced dive lines. 😎

The Fall Session JGs are off to a great start! 👏

A HUGE thank you to our Youth Assistants this year! You all have a very important role in our program, and we appreciate all your help! 😎

Session 2 ended with a day of rafting, Iron Guard, and some games! 👏

Always a great time in Santa Cruz! 🌊 Last week the JGs got some time in the ocean and they adapted really well to a different environment! Can’t believe we only have a couple days left with session 2.

Throughout week 2 we covered skills in First Aid and CPR (we practiced bleeding control and how to splint injuries), learned how to use paddle boards, and finished with week cookie day!

Tomorrow we head out to Santa Cruz for ocean orientation! 🌊

Skills we learned during week 1:

🛟How to tie a buoy
💦How to do water entries
👀How to identify a rescue
🏊How to effect a rescue
☀️How to protect ourselves from the sun (thanks ) and other beach hazards

The JGs have also been doing a GREAT job pushing themselves during PTs! 💪