Miami Beach Safety 101 The Miami Beach Patrol offers these tips: Always swim in a guarded area. Stay within the swim area boundaries. Don’t swim where surfers are active. Pay attention to posted flags (See Photo). Rip currents or riptides are strong currents that can carry even the most experienced swimmer out to sea. If you get caught in a rip current, don’t panic. Swim parallel to the shoreline (along the shore) until you’re out of the rip current’s influence. Then swim in toward shore. Understand Beach Warning Flags The following information (See Photo) is posted on all lifeguard towers. Guarded Beaches These stations are supported by Lieutenant personnel in four-wheel drive vehicles. Additional support is provided by all-terrain cycles, a twenty-seven foot rescue vessel, and other smaller jet-driven watercraft. All personnel are in contact with each other by radio transmitters which have the capability of communicating with the City's Police and Fire/Rescue departments. The Ocean Rescue (305-673-7714)guards twenty-eight (28) locations. They are located at: Jetty Beach South Point Park 1st Street 3rd Street 5th Street 6th Street 8th Street 10th Street 12th Street 13th Street 14th Street 15th Street Lincoln Road (16th Street) 17th Street 18th Street 21st Street 29th Street 35th Street 41st Street 46th Street 53rd Street 64th Street 72nd Street 74th Street 77th Street 79th Street 81st Street 83rd Street 85th Street.