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Safety warning for holidaymakers and festival goers

Holidaymakers And Festival Goers Urged To Be Beach Aware

This weekend thousands of music fans and holidaymakers are expected to descend on Byron Bay for the annual Splendour in The Grass music festival. Surf lifesavers have reiterated a simple message for those hitting the beach; swim between the red and yellow flags at a patrolled location.

Notorious Rock Fishing Black Spot Claims Another Life

The body of a rock fisher who was swept off rocks at a notorious rock fishing black-spot near Snapper Point on the Central Coast has been recovered after an extensive four-day search.

New Resuscitation Kits for every Surf Life Saving Club in NSW

Beachgoers will have a safer Summer this year thanks to a $200,000 NSW Government grant to replace oxygen resuscitation kits in every Surf Life Saving club.

Man Attacked By Shark At Sydney’s Manly Beach

Off-duty surf lifesavers responded quickly to assist a man who was attacked by a shark off Shelly Beach at Manly early Tuesday morning.

Hazardous Surf Warning: Large Swell Hits NSW North Coast

Hazardous surf conditions are forecast to continue across the NSW North Coast throughout the week.

Rock Fishers Rescued in Treacherous Seas

On Saturday June 22 a married couple was rescued by surf lifesavers and treated for hypothermia and other injuries after they were washed off rocks at Boomerang Beach near Forster, NSW.

11 Year-Old Wins NSW Rescue Award

Max Taylor from Wamberal SLSC on the Central Coast is just 11 years old. He showed life skills and rescue experience beyond his years when he pulled a swimmer from a deadly rip current in March.