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Deadly Monastery Beach gets a lifeguard tower Monastery Beach, a beach so deadly locals call it Mortuary Beach, now has a lifeguard tower. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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NOW HAS A LIFEGUARD. CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS PUT OUT A TOWER AT MONASTERY BEACH ..... BUT AS ACTION NEWS REPORTER CAITLIN CONRAD EXPLAINS IT'S NOT SO PEOPLE CAN SWIM THERE. SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM MONTEREY WITH DETAILS. DAN THE LIFEGUARD HERE AT MONASTERY BEACH WILL SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY BACK FROM THE WATER AND WARNING THEM ABOUT JUST HOW DANGEROUS THIS BEACH IS. G FOR THE FIRST TIME MONASTERY BEACH -- A BEACH SO DANGEROUS LOCALS CALL IT MORTUARY BEACH -- HAS A LIFEGUARD TOWER. 40:05 A lot of the reason that they assigned me to this tower specifically is to keep people away from the water's edge JONAH GOMES IS A CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS RECRUIT AND THIS SUMMER IT'S HIS JOB TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AT MONASTERY BEACH... THE DEADLIEST BEACH IN THE COUNTY. 43:59 it looks like a windy beach with huge waves. FOR YEARS SIGNS HAVE BEEN THE ONLY INDICATION TO TOURISTS THAT MONASTERY BEACH IS DANGEROUS .... BUT THANKS TO GOMES MORE VISITORS ARE FINDING OUT BEFORE THEY GET INTO TROUBLE. 44:50 what are you hoping to do at the beach today for your birthday? go in the water but we can't because there are dangerous waves JUST LAST MONTH A SAN JOSE MAN AND HIS CHILD WERE SWEPT OUT BY THOSE WAVES... THE BOY MADE IT BUT HIS FATHER DID NOT.... GOMES SAYS THE SHORE BREAK IS WHAT MAKES MONASTERY SO DEADLY. 41:24 a lot of beaches normally have sand that goes out slowly and then starts to gradually go down but this is just an immediate drop off BRINGING SWELLS RIGHT UP TO THE WATER'S EDGE... IN 2017 ONE OF THOSE BIG BREAKS TOOK THE LIFE OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY ... WHO STRUGGLED IN THE WATER FOR 20 MINUTES WHILE HIS FATHER WATCHED FROM SHORE UNTIL A RESCUE TEAM ARRIVED FROM PEBBLE BEACH... GOMES SAYS IF SOMEONE DOES END UP IN TROUBLE HE WILL GO OUT TO SAVE THEM... AND SWIM THEM OUT PAST THE BREAK FOR RESCUE. 40:50 what will have if there are multiple rescues or the sets are really big what we'll have is the fire boat will come from the the Monterey Fire Department and we will just swim them out to the fire boat we had actually a rescue a few days ago where that exactly happened we had to pick a lady up and take her out on the rescue boat THIS LATEST RESCUE HAPPEN JUST LAST WEEKEND...BUT DOZENS OF OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY. STATE PARKS HAS CONSIDERED PUTTING IN A TOWER HERE FOR YEARS ... IN 2015 AFTER A WOMAN FROM ILLINOIS DROWNED HERE... STATES PARKS STATE THE COST WAS TOO MUCH... SAYING IT WOULD BE ABOUT 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PUT IN A TOWER AND KEEP IT STAFFED. DAN. STATE PARKS PLANS TO STAFF THE TOWER DURING THE SUM