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The state’s best Pool Rescue athletes have returned to Australia with a trove of 39 medals after cleaning up at the New Zealand National Championships on the weekend.

Visitors to Sydney’s Manly Beach were reminded about the importance of regular CPR and defibrillator training today. Surf Life Saving NSW teamed-up with Heart Safe Australia to host a Restart a Heart Day event.​

The 2019 Coolangatta Gold has wrapped up after two solid days of competition on the Gold Coast. Perfect conditions greeted the 700 athletes who have trained over the winter months with a mild two-foot swell.  

SLSNSW joined forces with Wesley Mission Hospitals for the promotion of Mental Health Month (October) at Avalon Beach SLSC yesterday.

Like many 15-year-olds, Charlie Watts loves skateboarding. He also loves spending his time at the beach as a lifesaver. One night, while skating down a hill, he fell off his board and shattered his skull - leaving him in a coma.

This week is Mental Health Week across Australia. This coincides with World Mental Health Day which fell on 10 October. Mental Health Week provides organisations with an opportunity to raise awareness about mental health and wellbeing.

Surf Life Saving NSW today launched a new podcast series. The irreverently titled What the Surf?! podcast features news and interviews with volunteer surf lifesavers who dedicate thousands of hours each year to saving lives.

Surf Life Saving NSW is putting the call-out to people who would like to undertake free training to become a UAV (drone) pilot.

Off-duty surf lifesavers are being praised for their quick-thinking after they revived a man who had a severe heart attack and collapsed in Copacabana on the NSW Central Coast yesterday.

In the space of just a few hours, two men have died along the NSW coast in separate incidents.