Volunteer surf lifesavers from Sydney’s Northern Beaches have assisted NSW Police with a door knock to check on vulnerable members of the community after a severe storm cut power to many households on Sydney’s North last week.

A 61-year-old man is dead after a rogue wave capsized a boat off Long Reef, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches earlier today.

Bevan Lyons is lucky to be alive. He suffers from a rare respiratory disease and his doctors told him that he wouldn’t live past last Christmas.

​A group of off-duty surf lifesavers, who emerged as unsung heroes after performing back-to-back rescues at the remote Seven Mile Beach on the NSW Lower North Coast, have won the Rescue of the Month Award from Surf Life Saving NSW.

Surf Lifesavers celebrated a milestone anniversary of the Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) on 2 November 2019, 50 years to the day that the first prototype was trialled at Avalon Beach in Sydney in front of a sceptical crowd of onlookers.

It’s a classic case of name coincidence; Collaroy SLSC’s Georgie Rowe has just ‘rowed’ her way into history after breaking the world five-kilometre indoor rowing record yesterday.

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

The patrol season is still a couple of weeks away, however volunteer surf lifesavers are on call anytime, 365 days a year. 

Jackson Borg from Newport Surf Life Saving Club had plenty to smile about as he took home the Surf Sports Athlete of the Year Award at the Surf Life Saving NSW Awards of Excellence in Sydney.