Dominical Lifeguards

05/03/2026

Luna joins the fun tonight at Bula Vida…’song swap’ every Wednesday night in Dominical

05/03/2026

Motherhood agrees with Chels so she’s celebrating every Wednesday night at Bula Vida with what she calls a ‘song swap’…

04/03/2026

The Semana Santa Surf Classic…a time honored tradition at Playa Dominical, Costa Rica 🇨🇷

14th Dominical Semana Santa Classic
April 3-4 Viernes y Sábado Santo
Thank you to all the sponsors that make this event possible. This is a benefit for the Guardavidas Costa Ballena Lifeguards
Gracias a todos los patrocinadores que hicieron posible este evento. Este evento beneficia a los Guardavidas Costa Ballena Lifeguards.
$1000 first place Open
$2500 in total cash plus prizes

This will be almost 10 years supporting this cause for our lifeguards.

27/05/2014

The Dominical Lifeguards program depended 100% on donations for funding, and so it is the food provided every day for our lunch. THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the business that provide our lunches all year around, rain or shine, high season or low season. We greatly appreciate!!!!!
THANK YOU: Tortilla Flats, La Casita Dominical, Suraza Dominical, , San Clemente Restaurante, , Maracatu

15/04/2014

The guards have been busy on the beach! Swell picked up today, the waves were 5-8ft+ and kept building trough out the day, there was strong rip currents all over the beach. Please be cautions when swimming, do not pass waist deep water, and surfing only recommended for advanced surfers!

THANK YOU Brian Long for the donation to buy new equipments for the Lifeguards, and Taylor Bruton for bringing it to us.
THANK YOU Cafe Delicias, Tortilla Flats, Chappys, LaCasita, Coco, Suraza and SanClemente for proving lunch for the boys. We really appreciate it!!!

***Remember "Dominical Lifeguards Semana Santa Classic" surf contest is coming up soon!!!! Come enjoy and support!

13/04/2014

A lot of people on the beach this Sunday, there is a big rip in front of San Clement. Please swim in front of the lifeguard tower.

Surf Report: Waves are 3-4ft, sunny, onshore winds are picking up, no signs of swell yet, tide is rising, waves are getting more open, not too much shape, 4 surfers out.

11/04/2014

Starting today, our lifeguards are back in the tower. New donations allowed us to put the guards for this weekend trough Semana Santa back on the beach. We have new equipment and new members enjoying the crew, we are very happy about that. Please let's keep the donation coming in to continue the program and to keep the beach safe!

We are going to do daily surf report to keep YOU inform about the ocean conditions.
Low tide: 5:57am +1.6ft
High tide: 12:30 +7.4 ft
Waves: 3-5ft
rip current are stronger, swimming

Thanks for your support!

08/10/2013

Raining season started but we still see beautiful sunny days in Costa Rica. Ocean conditions can be tricky with the big waves this time of the year and the Baru river bringing large amounts of water and sometimes big trees into the see.
Be cautions when you are surfing, if you loose your board do not try to fight the rips, swim to the sides to get out of the rip area and use the waves to make your way to the shore.
For swimmers, please for your safety only swim in front of the lifeguard tower and between the flags.

08/10/2013

A NiceShirt.Org campaign that is helping raise money for causes that matter!

27/07/2013

We had a wonderful event this year! Thank you so much to the Dominical community for coming out and supporting our Lifeguards! *Some photos may be blurred due to the photographers spending too much time at the marigrita bar :)