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Volunteer lifesavers are encouraging holiday beachgoers to heed the warning signs from last summer and swim between the flags at a patrolled beach this summer.
Ingenia Holiday Parks has extended its partnership with Surf Life Saving NSW for a further two years, supporting surf safety programs and volunteer events.
Surf and swell conditions are set to be hazardous over the coming days, with Surf Life Saving NSW issuing a particular warning to those intending to go rockfishing, boating or swimming.
Surf Life Saving NSW and the Sydney Sixers have teamed up to spread a message of surf and water safety, signalling the start of summer and, just as importantly, National Water Safety Day – where the focus is on raising awareness of safe practices around the water.
Alcohol, drugs, and the ocean do not mix any day of the year, but with schoolies celebrations set to officially kick off on Saturday 26 November, surf lifesavers are reaffirming the message to those looking to visit the beach as part of the celebrations.
The second delivery from a four-year NSW Government rescue funding enhancement will see each Surf Life Saving NSW Branch receive a brand-new jet ski to assist volunteers ahead of what is anticipated to be a bumper summer season.
A busy weekend for lifesavers, headlined by a successful resuscitation at Ocean Beach on the Central Coast, has once again highlighted the value of volunteers patrolling our coastlines.
Two males in their 20s have been rescued at the notorious drowning hotspot, Dreamtime Beach on the state’s far north coast after a woman activated the Emergency Response Beacon (ERB), alerting the Surf Life Saving NSW State Operations Centre that the men were drowning.
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore SLSC, Far North Coast Branch and Surf Life Saving NSW Life Member, Ron Shepherd, on Wednesday 26 October, aged 88.
