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19Feb
2026 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships, proudly presented by Your local club
We’re excited to announce that the 2026 NSW Surf Life Saving Championships, proudly presented by Your local club, will return to Blacksmiths Beach, often considered the unofficial home of State Champs.
Beach & Coastal Safety Resource Hub
Introducing the new Beach & Coastal Safety Resource Hub! Your place for everything beach and coastal safety related.
The Hub, has been designed with our diverse communities in mind and the needs of each of these individual and unique communities. The hub provides a fun, engaging and interactive space to learn about beach and coastal safety.
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SLSNSW thanks all its partners for their ongoing and generous support. It is the contribution of all partners that allows us to achieve our mission.
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#PARTNERSHIPS // Beach Passport, in partnership with Qantas, is now available in 7 languages!
It’s vitally important that everyone has access to potentially life saving coastal safety information, and this is a step in that direction.
We’re encouraging people to do the Beach Passport each year. Qantas is offering 150 Qantas Points to Frequent Flyers who complete it before April 30 2026, even if you completed it last season. You will also go into the draw to win 1 million Qantas Points!
Visit Beach Passport through the link below, and look out for the QR codes at your favourite beach this summer.
beachpassport.org.au
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#MYSURFLIFE // The long weekend delivered one of the biggest numbers of the season, with beaches across NSW packed from early morning through to sunset. Warm weather, holiday crowds and shifting surf conditions kept lifesavers on their toes for three huge days.
🏊 139 Rescues
⛑️ 402 First Aids
✋ 13,733 Preventative Actions
👣 408,777 Beach Attendance
That’s thousands of conversations on the sand, hundreds of moments where training kicked in, and countless quiet interventions that stopped small risks becoming major emergencies. It was a reminder of just how vital our volunteers are when the coastline fills up.
If you’re planning your next beach day, take a moment to check conditions and choose a patrolled location at beachsafe.org.au
#weekendstats #mysurflife #volunteers #lifesavers #slsnsw
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#COUNTRYCHAMPS26 // Two days on and we are still buzzing from the 2026 NSW Country Championships! Relive some of the action from our final day📸
Ingenia Holiday Parks Your local club South West Rocks Surf Life Saving Club #slsnsw #surflifesavingnsw #surfsports
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#COUNTRYCHAMPS // The final day of competition at South West Rocks saw inspiring racing from all clubs. Here’s a look at some of the final highlights from the 2026 event.
Thanks to Ingenia Holiday ParksYour local club South West Rocks Surf Life Saving Club
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#JANUARY26 // Today at Circular Quay, our volunteer lifesavers shared important surf safety messages as part of the city’s activities. We were proud to engage with the community and provide information on staying safe at the beach. As part of our ongoing commitment to inclusion and respect, we also took time to reflect on the significance of this day for all Australians.
#slsnsw #surflifesavingnsw #communityeducation
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#Honours // Congratulations to the members of Surf Life Saving NSW named in the Australia Day Honours list for 2026. Receiving OAMs for Services to Surf Life Saving, is the late John McGrath, a Life Member of SLSNSW from Pambula, Ross Taylor a former Illawarra Branch President and member of Thirroul and Coalcliff SLSCs and John Hahn, former president of Cape Hawke SLSC.
Members receiving OAMs for Services to the Community include Shane Wicks from Gerringong SLSC and the current South Coast Branch President, Graham Johnston a life member of MacMasters Beach SLSC, and Sebastian Robertson a member of Freshwater SLSC.
Former members also receiving OAMs for Services to the Community are Deborah Brassey from Pacific Palms SLSC and Peter Collings, a member of Mona Vale SLSC in the 90s.
Named as a recipient of an AM for significant service to dentistry is Dr Thomas Tseng, President of Copacabana SLSC.
Two members have also received the prestigious Emergency Services Medal (ESM) – Joel Wiseman, former Deputy President of SLSNSW and Tracey Hare-Boyd, former Sydney Northern Beaches Branch President.
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the traditional custodians across all the lands on which we live, work and patrol, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.