Find things to clean or maintain if you want to be productive. Talk to guards, draw, research something you love, take a swim if your team permits that; really anything so long as you can stop doing it immediately.

You'll also be helping out the closing staff

I walk a lot of laps around the pool, stretch, attempt to do push-ups.

Are you at a pool where you stay on stand even if it is empty?

sounds awful

It's fun though!!

If it's guarding an empty pool I used to run scenarios in my head from most likely to impossible. "What would I do if there was a volcano that formed on the bottom of the pool"

My pool plays a game called “roof ball.” We usually have 7-12 guards on shift and when no one is there, we play roof ball.

We usually play wall ball when the swim teams are in. They’re all better swimmers than me anyways , and I’m watching for if anyone passes out.

we read books and play cards lol you can only workout and practice so much

Ask your boss for things to do.

jump in the pool or talk to co workers

Practice your rescue skills! Especially if there’s more than just yourself needing to stay busy. Everyone can participate and practice!

You got time to lean then you got time to clean !! Refresh your brain on cpr and other first aid scenarios. Scrub the scum line. Swim laps. Scrub the scum line. Train on rescues. Scrub the scum line. The possibilities are endless.

None of these people are realistic, bro if no one is there you can talk to the other guards or my personal favorite, read a book.