Lifeguards at sea running in slow motion in red bathing suits on white sand beaches. This is the image of lifeguards inscribed in the collective imagination since the Alerte à Malibu series. A fiction highlighting the work of those who throughout the year and especially in summer watch over our lives when we bathe.

In France, nearly 1,380 rescue swimmers mobilized on our beaches from May 1 to September 30, according to the SNSM report for the year 2020. That same year, SNSM sea rescuers carried out 4 083 rescue interventions as well as 1354 service interventions. Operations that rescued 7,408 people, 104 of whom disappeared or died. True guarantors of our safety and our lives, their work is essential, saving you many inconveniences that could spoil your holidays.

Without them, would you know how to treat a jellyfish sting? No, there’s no point urinating on the wound. On the contrary, such an action may well aggravate the situation. To soothe a jellyfish sting, it is advisable to clean the area with seawater before covering it with dry sand.

Despite their immense responsibility, the lifeguards are not lacking in humor and prove it on the panels along the beach indicating the water temperatures and swimming instructions. Enough to make vacationers smile who share the nuggets of the famous rescuers in red swimsuits on social networks.

But, when it is not the lifeguards who show second degree, Internet users are not left out and they never miss an opportunity to make fun of the lifeguard swimmers.

While these summer heroes keep an eye out for us to have a great vacation, Planet has listed the best sea lifeguard jokes seen on the web. Here is the anthology.