Young Surf Life Saving star, Olivia Edwards has shown wisdom and skill beyond her years, highlighting the importance of understanding your limits in difficult conditions after she rescued a struggling swimmer on the Central Coast.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS MET WITH HAZARDOUS SURF
With 15-20 knot southerly winds predicted over the next 24 hours, the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Hazardous Surf Warning for beachgoers heading to the coast this week.
SHARK DRONE PROGRAM EXPANDS IN NSW
More than 50 beaches will be patrolled this season and 200 UAV pilots employed to watch over swimmers and surfers through an expanded shark surveillance program in NSW.
PUBLIC SAFETY HIGHEST PRIORITY AS VOLUNTEER LIFESAVERS RETURN TO BEACHES
The first patrol of the new season begins in earnest this Saturday, 18 September, as thousands of volunteer lifesavers from up and down the NSW coastline return to the beach.
TEEN HERO SAVES DAD IN DRAMATIC OCEAN RESCUE
When 13-year-old Mia Campbell paddled out into the Bar Beach surf with her dad for some after-school board training one sunny Wednesday afternoon in May, she could never have guessed that the events which followed would shape her lifesaving journey and earn her the Surf Life Saving NSW Rescue of the Month award.
LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARDED TO DEDICATED NSW DUO
A deserving duo of Central Coast lifesavers are the latest recipients of Surf Life Saving Australia Life Membership – just reward for their tireless efforts across many decades volunteering within their community.
OFF-DUTY RESCUE SHOWS COOGEE MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS PREPARED
Two Coogee SLSC members have proven that, even outside of their patrolling hours, lifesavers are always on duty following an important rescue in the early hours of a Sunday morning, 29 of August.
AUSSIE LIFESAVERS SUPPORT DROWNING PREVENTION IN STH KOREA
Surf Life Saving NSW’s desire to expand the reach of its top-class training and educational initiatives will grow stronger this month with the beginning of the second half of Phase 1 of a Lifeguard Training, Community Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Education Program in conjunction with the Korean Lifesaving Association (KLA).
CAPE HAWKE SLSC TO HOST COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
More than two decades after it last hosted the Country Surf Life Saving Championships, the premier event for regional-based surf life saving clubs will be held at Cape Hawke SLSC at Forster in a deal set to span across the 2022 and 2023 events.