Photo Gallery: Junior lifeguards take to the beach

Instructor Josiah Vander Kooy discusses guidelines with junior guards during the first day of the 2016 Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard season Tuesday near the Balboa Pier.

Junior guards race a bucket of water up the beach as they compete in an exercise during the first day Junior Lifeguard season on Tuesday at the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach.

An instructor leads junior lifeguards along the sand as they begin their seven-week training program Tuesday in Newport Beach.

Junior guards race out of the water as they participate in exercises during opening day Tuesday of the 2016 Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard season at the Balboa Pier.