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Western Sydney, Your Beaches Need You!

With the official summer patrol season kicking-off on Saturday 28 September, Garie Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) desperately needs more volunteer lifesavers. In an effort to recruit more members, they are launching a unique training program to attract people from diverse communities across Western Sydney.

High Winds and Inexperience Land Kitesurfer in Trouble

At 11.20am on Saturday 21 September, an inexperienced kitesurfer was reported missing at Silver Beach, Kurnell. The man had last been seen heading out into Botany Bay at 7.30am but hours later had not returned.

Man Drowns at Nambucca Heads

Just before 7am on Friday 20 September the North Coast Branch callout team was asked to respond to a boat capsize south of the Nambucca River bar by the Surf Life Saving NSW State Operations Centre (SOC). Reports included a man was in the water.

Masterclass Empowers Next Generation of Leaders

Seven NSW lifesavers attended the recent National Leaders’ Masterclass at the University of South Australia, with some participants describing it as “life-changing”.

Illawarra Lifesavers Get Royal Treatment

Australian beaches are well-known for their propensity to attract English tourists, but it was an unusually high-profile Englishman who visited North Wollongong Beach last Saturday 14 September.

New Surf Life Saving Beacon Activated in Emergency

On Sunday 15 September, a Surf Life Saving NSW Emergency Response Beacon at the beautiful but notorious Dreamtime Beach on the NSW Far North Coast was pivotal in getting help quickly to a badly injured surfer.

Coastal Drowning Spike in NSW – Lifesavers on High Alert

NSW has recorded a 22 percent spike in coastal drowning deaths over the 2018-19 year with 44 people tragically drowning along the NSW coast.

Surf Life Saving NSW Swim Between The Flags

Coronial Concludes into Port Macquarie Drowning

Surf Life Saving New South Wales (SLSNSW) welcomes the recommendations of the NSW Coroner after the inquest concluded into the tragic death of 14-year old Bronson Rhodes at Port Macquarie’s Flynns Beach in December 2017.

Top 44 Junior Athletes Invited to Attend NSW Development Academy

A group of 44 of Surf Life Saving’s most talented junior athletes have been selected to attend the 2019 Junior Development Academy (JDA) program.

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Western Sydney, Your Beaches Need You!

High Winds and Inexperience Land Kitesurfer in Trouble

Man Drowns at Nambucca Heads

Masterclass Empowers Next Generation of Leaders

Illawarra Lifesavers Get Royal Treatment

New Surf Life Saving Beacon Activated in Emergency

Coastal Drowning Spike in NSW – Lifesavers on High Alert

Coronial Concludes into Port Macquarie Drowning

Top 44 Junior Athletes Invited to Attend NSW Development Academy

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