City of Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard Program
How are the instructor groups made for the summer NBJG Program?
JGs are assigned to age groups based on participant's age on June 30 of the current program year: Division D (9), Division C (10-11), Division B (12-13), Division A (14-15)
Within these age groups, JGs are assigned to instructor groups according to their NBJG swim test time. This is to assist instructors in maintaining proper span of control over their groups and make sure JGs with similar swimming ability are grouped together.
Can my child be in a group with their friend?
We do not accept requests for participants to be placed into a group with their friend(s). This poses both a logistical and safety issue, so we do not make any special accommodation for this.