Think going for a dip this sweltering summer is gonna cool you down? Think again.
NYC’s batch of smokin’ hot lifeguards are heating up area beaches and pools. We scoured the territory (tough, we know) to bring you the best, brightest and … well, hottest.
It’s OK if you faint. They’re certified in CPR.
Eddie Lopez, 27
Current post: Hotel Americano in Chelsea
Experience: 10 years
Resides in: Inwood
Sign: Pisces
Relationship status: Single. “I’m looking for presence and conscientiousness.”
Where he likes to get wet: “All over.”
Celeb he’d want to rescue: “Emma Stone, because Spider-Man couldn’t save her in the second movie.”
Sexiest swimwear: “Definitely a red two-piece. It allows more openness and freedom for the body to express itself.”
Out of the water: “I created a series of language videos on YouTube that use music and high-frequency phrases to help people memorize the material a lot faster.”
Fave aquatic flick: “Swimfan”
Speedos — yea or nay: Yea
Favorite watersport: Water polo
Has he ever hooked up on a lifeguard chair before? “Yes. At my old job at the Mapes pool in The Bronx. It was thunderstorming, and whenever there are thunderstorms you have to leave the premises. Afterward, my old flame met me … ”
Melissa Unger, 31
Current post: Manhattan Plaza Health Club in Hell’s Kitchen
Experience: 15 years
Resides in: Park Slope
Sign: Cancer
Relationship status: Single
Worst pickup line: “I had some person volunteer to put sunscreen on me. He’s like, ‘I don’t want you to burn.’”
Favorite watersport: “I love water polo. I’m not classically trained in it, but I like pummeling people.”
Sunscreen 101: “Guys need to make sure that they cover me evenly. Leave that to your imagination.”
Has she ever hooked up on a lifeguard chair before? “My boyfriend of five years also used to work here. So … yes.”
Fave aquatic flick: “The To Do List”
Best pool accessory: “A whistle, because I can get people to listen to me with that … you’ve got to make it long and loud.”
Celeb she’d want to rescue: “It would have to be Zac Efron, because his abs were seriously thick in ‘Neighbors.’ ”
Biggest pool faux pas: “I can’t stand when people sneeze in the pool. That drives me crazy.”
Weirdest place she’s ever been burned: “My armpit. That one took the cake.”
Fun fact: “I teach swimming, but my dog Rockie can’t swim. He’s a Siberian husky/pit bull mix. I had to [rescue him at] the dog beach in Brooklyn.”
Speedos — yea or nay: “Nay. Did you not see yourself in the mirror?! Oh God, no.”
Sexiest swimwear: “I can’t stand board shorts and I can’t stand Speedos on a guy. A loose-fitting trunk, but not one that engulfs half your body.”
Pat Kilgallen, 20
Current post: Jacob Riis Park
Experience: 5 years
Resides in: Rockaway Beach
Sign: Taurus
Relationship status: Single
Out of the water: Studying engineering at Binghamton University
Champion chops: “I won the last two [US Lifesaving Association] national championships in distance swimming. And I got picked for the USA team, so I get to travel to France and Japan in September.”
Worst pickup line: “Asking to come up in the chair. I’d rather just hang out with them off the chair. You’re on the job, you know. You don’t want to distract yourself like that.”
Sunscreen 101: “Definitely don’t use the spray. Rub it on your body.”
Favorite water sport: Surfing
Lives saved: “Twenty to 30 each summer.”
Celeb he’d want to oil up: “Gisele Bündchen. She’s a good-looking supermodel.”
Skinny-dipping — yea or nay: “Nay. I don’t think it should be legal.”
Favorite stroke: Freestyle
Karen Ly, 23
Current post: Coney Island
Experience: 7 years
Resides in: Bushwick, for now. “I move back to Hawaii for grad school in August.”
Sign: Aquarius
Relationship status: Single. “I’m looking for someone fun and adventurous.”
Fun fact: “I can do the Rubik’s Cube in under a minute.”
Sunscreen 101: “Make sure you cover the entire back. Do it suggestively.”
Fave aquatic flick: “Blue Crush”
Celeb she’d want to rescue: “Ryan Gosling. He’s beautiful.”
Sandy hookups — yea or nay: “Nay. Sand gets everywhere. It’s obnoxious.”
Worst pickup line: “ ‘If I drown, will you save me?’ Of course I will. It’s my job.”
Topless beach — yea or nay: “No way. My mom’s going to read this.”
Brianna Minogue, 18
Current post: Brighton Beach
Experience: 3 years
Resides in: Marine Park
Sign: Gemini
Relationship status: Single
Out of the water: Entering her first year at St. Joseph’s in the fall.
Fun fact: “I’m born 6/6/96 at 12:46, and at 6 pounds, so I’m kind of a little bit of a devil.”
Biggest beach faux pas: “A lot of people go topless or naked around here. I don’t like that. It’s just too much.”
Where she likes to get wet: “In the ocean.”
Celeb she’d want to rescue: “Leonardo DiCaprio. He’s an awesome actor and I don’t know … maybe he’d want to hang out with me later. That’d be cool.”
Lifesaver: “Last summer during a heat wave, we had a man who had a seizure in the water, and we pulled him out and performed CPR. He’s healthy and happy now.” Brianna and another guard were honored for their outstanding work by the city Department of Parks and Recreation.
Drew Williams, 20
Current post: Coney Island
Experience: 6 years
Resides: Lower East Side
Sign: Virgo
Relationship status: Single. “I look for tall blond girls.”
Deal-breaker: “Probably someone who is noisy and who is too annoying and clingy.”
Sunscreen 101: “I always do massages, so I like to lather up and start with the shoulders and go down the back.”
Best pickup line: “I’ve gotten a lot of dark and sexy and chocolate references. Because I get pretty dark out here.”
Favorite place to get wet: “Behind closed doors.”
Out of the water: “I’m a hip-hop music songwriter.”
Erik Conover, 24
Current post: Gansevoort Hotel in the Meatpacking District
Experience: 9 years
Resides: Upper East Side
Sign: Libra
Relationship status: Girlfriend. “She’s a model.”
Worst pickup line: “When I was 16, I actually had a girl that came to my beach in Atlantic City and did a fake drowning, so I had to go out there and save her. This girl would do the same thing every summer. If another guy came out to get her, she’d be like, ‘No, no … I’m waiting for Erik.’ ”
Sexiest swimwear: “The Brazilian bikini. I like shades of blue.”
Where he likes to get wet: “My shower.”
Out of the water: “I graduated from Northeastern University last May, and I’m studying acting now.”
Biggest pool faux pas: “Too much PDA. Not good for the pool [especially if] there are kids around.”
Fave aquatic flick: “Point Break”
Has he ever hooked up in a lifeguard chair before? “Yes. From the time I was 15 until about 22, when I met my girlfriend.”
Fun fact: “My second toe on my foot is about an inch longer than my big toe. Yeah, I’m kind of self-conscious about it. And I’m very soulful. People don’t expect lifeguards to be very thoughtful, but I am.”
Lives saved: “A few hundred. In Atlantic City last summer I had 76 saves.”
Thomas Frizalone, 20
Current post: Brighton Beach
Experience: 5 years
Resides: Bay Ridge
Sign: Aries
Relationship status: Single
Out of the water: Studying sociology at Mount Saint Mary College
Celeb look-alike: “Yeah, people tell me I look like Adrian Grenier quite often, actually. One time when I was at school, a group of girls just started screaming and made me take photos with them.”
A slow burn: “At first I may be very quiet, but once you get to know me I’m actually very outgoing and talk a lot, and you can’t get me to shut up.”
Favorite stroke: Breaststroke
Sunscreen 101: “You have to do the back first and slowly rub it in.”
Has he ever hooked up in a lifeguard chair before? “No. Do I want to? I’d be open to it, yeah.”
Celeb he’d want to oil up: “Kate Upton, because I find her absolutely beautiful.”
Sandy hookups — yea or nay: “I’m going to say nay. I’m not into that. It’s just dirty.”
Karina Szkiladz, 19
Current post: McCarren Hotel Pool in Williamsburg
Experience: 2 years
Resides: Greenpoint
Sign: Cancer
Relationship status: Boyfriend of one year
Out of the water: Studying environmental studies at NYU
Biggest pool faux pas: “Peeing in the pool. It’s gross.”
Celeb she’d want to rescue: “Daniel Radcliffe. I’ve read the ‘Harry Potter’ series about six or seven times now. I love him — even if he’s kind of short.”
Has she ever hooked up in a lifeguard chair before? “No. I want to, though!”
Sexiest swimwear: “Board shorts. No Speedos!”
Best pool accessory: “A book. Right now I’m reading Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno.’”
Craziest thing she’s witnessed on-duty: “We had some swingers at the hotel, so that was interesting. Men and women. They were trying to get all these women over to their little lounge chair and trying to get a thing going. It was strange.”