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Having experienced great success in 2021, the Surf Life Saving NSW Lifesaving Development Program is back for another year, set to run over a week from 10-16 July in North Narrabeen.
Keep up to date with the latest news from on the ground where NSW volunteer lifesavers continue to respond to support the SES in the developing NSW flood and storm emergency.
Surf Life Saving NSW has supported SES in flood zones with volunteer lifesavers responding to calls for assistance across Sydney and the Central Coast in the wake of the wild storms that battered the region over the weekend and into Monday.
A 34 year-old rock fisherman narrowly escaped drowning after being washed into the sea at Pretty Point near Batemans Bay on Sunday 12 June, thanks to the skills of a highly experienced Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) crew.
A Surf Life Saving NSW Emergency Rescue Beacon (ERB) was successful in alerting first responders to a man washed from rocks at Fingal Head on the Far North Coast this morning. The fisherman was picked up in challenging surf conditions near the rocks at Dreamtime Beach by Australian Lifeguard Service lifeguards aboard a jetski.
The search for a male washed off the rocks at the treacherous Hill 60 in Port Kembla yesterday has continued this morning with Surf Life Saving assets deployed from 8am in the Illawarra.
Far South Coast Duty Officer Cheryl McCarthy knows that the commendable efforts of Batemans Bay SLSC and Broulee Surfers SLSC patrolling members ensured an unfortunate incident at Surf Beach was not far worse – she sees it every week in her role at Branch level.
Nine specialists in Flood Water Rescue from Surf Life Saving Tasmania arrived in northern NSW last night and have already performed their first rescue – a man and his dog stranded on the back of a ute in floodwaters at Woodburn.
Volunteer Duty Officers, jetski operators and UAV pilots have assisted Police in the aftermath of the first fatal shark incident in Sydney in almost 60 years.
