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An off-duty surf lifesaver, who was hailed as a hero after saving the life of a 16-year-old boy at Coledale Beach, Illawarra, in May, has won the SLSNSW Rescue of the Month Award.
With five coastal drownings in five days and a significant increase in boating fatalities, surf lifesavers are pleading with the public to always wear a lifejacket when boating after the worst start to a season on record.
Hazardous weather conditions are forecast for the NSW coastline from today, Monday 13 July, through much of this week.
Despite the NSW bushfire crisis reducing summer beach attendance and the COVID-19 pandemic bringing an early end to the 2019/20 patrol season, there were a higher than average number of coastal drownings during one of the most unusual patrol seasons on record.
The life saving rescue of a 32-year-old rock fisher, who was swept into the water without a life jacket, has been awarded the Surf Life Saving NSW Rescue of the Month for March 2020.
A 60-year-old man from Tugun, QLD has been killed by a three-metre White Shark while surfing at Salt Beach near Kingscliff on the NSW Far North Coast.
An off-duty surf lifesaver is being hailed as a hero after saving the life of a 16-year-old boy who was caught in large swell at Coledale Beach late yesterday afternoon.
Hazardous weather conditions are forecast for the NSW coastline from today, Friday 22 May and throughout the weekend.
Quick thinking by a group of off-duty lifesavers, combined with the assistance of Lifeguards and paramedics, saved the life of a 30-year-old man at Maroubra Beach in Sydney last week.
