Coolum Beach Surf Life Saving Club

Want to be a Lifesaver?

Being a Volunteer Lifesaver has many benefits aside from giving back to the community by keeping Coolum Beach safe. You also get to meet new people, learn new skills and knowledge, obtain nationally recognised awards, get fit, compete in surf carnivals and a lot more....
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Kids love Nippers

Coolum Beach SLSC has a strong Nipper community. Our programs are well rounded with an emphasis on surf education and safety as well as competitive surf sports.
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Improve your Knowledge

Coolum SLSC offers a wide range of courses and training to our active Lifesavers. Many of these courses are nationally recognised and transferable. See what courses we have coming up or register your interest.
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Interested in Competition?

Surf Life Saving isn't just about patrolling the beach. There is also a wide range of Surf Sports for you to become involved in. These include board paddling, surf boat rowing, IRB racing and rescue competitions.
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Patrolling

Volunteer Lifesavers patrol Coolum Beach on weekends and public holidays from September to April. A Patrol can include award holders of a Bronze Medallion, Advanced Resuscitation Techniques Certificate, Advanced First Aid, Radio Operators Certificate and Surf Rescue Certificate to name a few.

Surf Sports

Many members participate in competition throughout the year to maintain their fitness and lifesaving skills. The club competes successfully from local to national levels in various categories of Surf Sports ranging from Beach, Water and Rescue events through to Surfboats and IRBs.

Nippers

Each year around September the Coolum Beach Nippers commence their season of Surf Awareness and Training. Many of the Nippers also compete in local, state and national surf lifesaving competitions. Ages start from 7 years old as at 30th September. Ensure your kids are safe on the beach.

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Latest News

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR RED CAPS WHO COMPETED AT THE AUSSIE TITLES THIS YEAR!

Last weekend the Aussie Titles concluded in Perth where our club members held the Red Cap high winning multiple national titles and a bundle of other medals and near-podium finishes.

Leading the pack was our amazing Surf Board Riding team who after some “Lively” pre-comp training sessions not far from Margaret River, brought home a swag of titles and medals – 4 x Gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Congrats to Bruce D Snr who retained his national longboard title for the third year in succession. Making his early impression as national champion was Finn W who took out the hotly contested male 14 yrs shortboard title. In straight-out finals, Jodie W assisted the clubs overall points by winning both the Short and Longboard events. Team Coach and well-known local identity Paddy L, narrowly missed out on gold, when he secured a silver medal in his masters longboard final. Toby A rounded out the medal haul with a bronze in the 14 yrs shortboard final. Just off the dais with 4th placings in their finals were Will D, Cooper W, Liana W x 2 and Paddy.

Our awesome Beach and Water Masters team finished up with excellent results with 2 x silver and 1 x bronze.
Congrats to our masters beach relay team of Kate T, Emma R, Jodie W and Heidi D for their silver and to Kate for her “oh so close” silver medal in Beach Flags. The photo finish showed only cms in it. Jodie W secured a bronze in her 2km run which was much deserved.
Our Surf Boat teams went from three to two, due to an untimely injury to Gary B in their lead up to the titles. Even though they were no longer competing, John E, Ron T and Bill S still made the huge trek across the country to ensure not only the surf boat made it to the west in time but also delivered the craft needed by the rest of our competitors. It all arrived safely.

Despite our Surf Boat teams of the Reserve Grade Ladies and Reserve Grade Men beating many of the other fancied teams in the heats that featured in the finals, a number of things didn’t go their way as such the carnival was shortened due to impending storms and split official decisions which saw an earlier than expected exit from competition. Surfboat sweep Patrick McGuire said the teams loved every minute of their very first Aussies and were now keener than ever to be back bigger and better at the Aussies next year when it returns to the Gold Coast.