Peanut Island's New Lifeguard Center Update!
Last year, the famous Peanut Island made a new addition to its iconic state! Peanut Island is one of the most adored boating destinations in Palm Beach County, with its crystal blue waters, beautiful palms and memorable events. With the addition of its hurricane proof, lifeguard headquarters, Peanut Island offers a safe place to celebrate your weekend.
For all of the fun-goers that come to Peanut Island, you can breathe a little easier when it comes to swimming around the island. Peanut Island’s new additions included: five, fulltime lifeguards that serve and protect as well as a new $100,000, hurricane proof headquarters. The 12-foot by 12-foot, cinder block building is going to be a hefty step up from the trailer they were calling home for the past decade. The new building provides the lifeguards with more than 80 square feet of additional space. There will be enough room for a swimmer or person with heat exhaustion to come inside for treatment.
This addition of the lifeguard stand may not seem like a huge step-up in the scheme of things but compared to old building, which was a trailer, the concrete structure is like a palace and a total safe haven. The old trailer did not have running water and featured openings cut out of the metal frame for windows. After Peanut Island was renovated in 1999, the trailer was floated over from the main land. During the summer months the island has its five lifeguards watching over the eastern beaches 7 days a week and on the weekends for the rest of the year.
Dave Lill, the director for Palm Beach county aquatics said, “this is another step in making Peanut Island a better place for the public.” Since the addition last summer, Peanut Island has been safer and more successful with its treatment of guests and visitors, making it even more of a desirable weekend hangout!
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