Surf Life Saving NSW’s volunteers put their lives on the line to patrol our beaches, saving the lives of locals, visitors and tourists. In addition to their hours spent patrolling our beaches, volunteer trainers and assessors spend an estimated 50,000 hours each year training new and current volunteers to ensure their clubs’ sustainability into the future.
Rubber Ducky Racers Head To The Rocks
Medals, glory, and bragging rights will be on the line this weekend as hundreds of Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) competitors count down the remaining days until the 2018 NSW Sharkskin IRB Championship gets underway at South West Rocks.
Lifesaving Lesson For Fingal Community
The Tweed’s beaches are one of the great natural assets for the region, but recent tragedies that have resulted in at least three coastal drownings have cast a shadow over this beautiful coastline in recent years.
Japanese Victory For NSW Young Guns
Strong performances from a young trio of highly talented NSW athletes helped the Australian Lifesaving Team to its 11th consecutive Sanyo Bussan Cup in Japan over the weekend.
Southern Lifesavers Receive National Award
The determined effort of a group of Far South Coast surf lifesavers to go to the aid of a capsized vessel at Moruya has been recognised with the National Rescue of the Month Award for March 2018.
Caves Beach Claim IRB Premiership Series
A scintillating weekend of racing resulted in Caves Beach SLSC being crowned the 2018 NSW Sharkskin Inflatable Rescue Boat Premiership Series Champions on their home beach, ending a 6-year-reign of dominance from Kiama Downs SLSC in the process.
Lifesavers Support Refugee Week
Delivering the message of beach safety remains the highest priority for the SLSNSW Community Education team, and with Refugee Week underway, it’s an appropriate time to reflect on the importance of these messages.
Caves Beach Pumped For Thrilling Finale
The hours of slogging it out on the water in the chill of an early morning have been ticked off, the highly-tuned motors have been cleaned, the competitor’s bags are about to be packed, and it’s all for this moment; the final round of the 2018 NSW Sharkskin IRB Premiership Series.
From The Oceans To The Skies (Almost)
A team of lifeguards from the Australian Lifeguard Service (ALS) recently got a first-hand look at the intense training professional helicopter crews put themselves through in order to save lives on the state’s beaches.