Costa del Sol
Mijas activates its beach rescue service with more than 50 lifeguardsThe deployment covers the municipality's 16 beaches throughout the day and includes an ambulance, a buggy equipped for medical care and a rescue drone
Añádenos en Google The mayor of Mijas, Ana Mata, together with part of the human and material resources that will make up the device. (SUR)Mijas
04/06/2026 a las 14:58h.Mijas has activated its lifeguard and beach rescue service, which will operate daily until 30 September from 11am to 8pm, to ensure the safety of ... bathers and users of the municipality’s 16 beaches.
More than 50 lifeguards are monitoring the Mijas coastline, supported by a further 24 staff members, making it “the best-staffed service in the whole of Andalucía”, according to the council, which pointed out that 90 per cent of the staff are residents of Mijas.
The permanent team includes a service coordinator, 40 lifeguards assigned to the different beaches, a nurse, two healthcare technicians, ten lifeguards at accessible beaches with assisted bathing, three lifeboat skippers assigned to rescue vessels, as well as another three personnel who accompany them, and two lifeguards assigned to the coastal path.
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