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Surf Life Saving NSW is urging the public to stay home and away from beaches and the coastline over the Easter long weekend.
It’s not only office workers who are turning to video conferencing to communicate and keep in touch during the Coronavirus pandemic. Surf lifesavers are also using this technology to stay connected with other surf club members after the Coronavirus brought forward the end of the volunteer Surf Life Saving patrol season.
Volunteer surf lifesavers are reminding the public to heed the NSW Government’s order regarding social distancing while visiting NSW beaches this weekend.
In consultation with the Minister for Emergency Services and the NSW Police, Surf Life Saving NSW has advised that patrols will be withdrawn from beaches where crowds exceed 500 people.
Volunteer surf lifesavers and paid lifeguards remain out in force on beaches across NSW to ensure public safety and prevent drowning or injuries from occurring during the current COVID-19 crisis.
Surf Life Saving NSW has reduced the number of assets involved in the search for a man missing since early Tuesday morning at Narooma on the state’s Far South Coast.
A team of Australian Surf Life Saving trainers recently travelled to Phuket in Thailand to run lifeguard, junior lifesaver and water safety training programs for local lifeguards.
It was Boxing Day 2019 and the post-Christmas stampede to the NSW coastline had begun. A howling north-east wind was blowing - attracting kite-surfers and sailboarders to Sydney’s beaches to take advantage of the perfect sailing conditions. However, the swell increased over the course of the afternoon and by 3pm conditions on the water were rough with significant wind chop.
Surf Life Saving NSW has had a long association with aviation over its 112-year history – operating both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters for search and rescue and marine creature surveillance. Now a new breed of ‘dry lifesaver’ is being trained to use unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) technology to help keep beachgoers safe on the NSW coastline.
