Lifeguards Save 3 Over Memorial Day Weekend

Lifeguards at in Westhampton and Pikes Beach in West Hampton Dunes logged three saves due to riptides over Memorial Day weekend.

According to Chris Bean, director of the Southampton Parks and Recreation Department, lifeguards plucked a six-year-old and a nine-year-old from the water at Southampton's Pikes Beach in West Hampton Dunes on Sunday.

"They got caught in a rip current," said Bean, noting that there were no injuries.

"It was all standard procedure," he said.

Also on Sunday, over at Rogers Beach in the Village of Westhampton Beach, Rebecca Molinaro, village clerk, said three lifeguards rescued a woman who was swimming 200 yards outside the lifeguard flags. She, like the children at Pikes Beach, got caught in a rip current.

Molinaro said the woman was not injured and police were not called to the scene. 

"We really would like to take this opportunity to remind beach patrons that it is extremely important to stay within the flags while swimming on our beaches," said Molinaro.

Last summer, area lifeguards logged over 150 saves; 15 at Rogers Beach; 126 at ; and 75 at Southampton town beaches.