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With less than a week to go before summer, lifesavers on the state’s Far South Coast have sharpened their skills by participating in a massive multi-agency training exercise.
A team of surf lifesavers from one of Sydney’s smallest clubs demonstrated tremendous professionalism and calmness under pressure to assist in the successful treatment and extraction of an injured man, and in the process claim the NSW Rescue of the Month Award for October.
Several beaches across the Central Coast will remained closed until at least 4pm on Tuesday following a British doctor’s encounter with a shark while surfing at Avoca Beach late yesterday.
Hazardous surf conditions are expected off the NSW coastline for at least the next 48 hours with Rock fishers, swimmers, surfers, and recreational boat users all encouraged to exercise caution when in the water.
The dangers of rip currents were reinforced on Friday with two men being pulled out of the ocean by Council Lifeguards after getting into difficulty on the state’s South Coast.
Powerful surf on Sydney’s Northern Beaches was causing havoc on Thursday with one surfer fortunate that Lifeguards from the Australian Lifeguard Service were on hand after he got into difficulty while enjoying the swell.
Rock fishers, swimmers, surfers, and recreational boat users looking to make the most of the afternoon sun after work this week are being urged to exercise caution with hazardous surf expected along much of the NSW Coast.
Despite the best efforts of volunteer surf lifesavers and paramedics, a well-respected member of Ocean Beach SLSC was unable to be revived after suffering what appears to be a medical emergency while participating in a social swim last Sunday.
As surf lifesavers you never know when or where your skills could be called upon to save a life, and for September’s Rescue of the Month winners Stuart Sutton and his son Callum from Copacabana SLSC that moment came in the unlikely surrounds of Adcock Park on the NSW Central Coast.
