Surf Life Saving WA Life Membership is the most prestigious honour presented to surf club members.
Life Members are those who have demonstrated outstanding commitment, leadership and passion for their surf clubs and the surf life saving movement overall. Each year, SLSWA Life Membership is awarded to deserving winners at the Surf Life Saving WA Awards of Excellence.
| First Name | Last Name | Year Inducted |
| Leslie | LeQuesne* | 1927 |
| James (Jim) | Paton OBE* | 1930 |
| Ivor | Birtwistle OBE* | 1938 |
| Rex | Gatherer* | 1939 |
| Laurance | Gadsdon* | 1941 |
| Daniel (Dan) | White OAM* | 1946 |
| Carl | Bader* | 1946 |
| Edward (Ted) | Jaggard OAM* | 1948 |
| Michael (Mick) | Becher OAM* | 1949 |
| Alfred | Peacock* | 1950 |
| Alexander (Alex) | Prior* | 1951 |
| Ray | Elliot* | 1951 |
| Theodore (Frederick) | Haywood MBE* | 1952 |
| Albert | Marks* | 1956 |
| Reginald (Reg) | Meadmore* | 1956 |
| Thomas | Johnstone* | 1956 |
| Donald (Don) | Molyneux* | 1961 |
| James (Jim) | Hatchett* | 1963 |
| Kevin | Riley MBE JP* | 1963 |
| Frederick (Fred) | Thorne* | 1964 |
| Cecil (Cec) | Addison* | 1965 |
| Ralph (Barney) | Peacock* | 1966 |
| Donald | Morrison OAM* | 1969 |
| Eric | Hofmaster* | 1969 |
| Geoffrey | Brown OAM* | 1969 |
| Reg | Trigg OBE* | 1972 |
| John | Trethowan* | 1974 |
| William (Bill) | Summers* | 1974 |
| Clive | Jarrott* | 1975 |
| David | Blackley | 1975 |
| Ivan | Anderton* | 1975 |
| Warren | Somerford* | 1975 |
| Ronald | Bennett JP | 1979 |
| Neal | Lamb* | 1979 |
| Ian | Scott OAM | 1983 |
| Graham | Russell* | 1985 |
| William | Gaynor OAM | 1985 |
| Denis | Smith | 1987 |
| Dennis | Rose | 1987 |
| Guy | Castieau* | 1987 |
| Peter | Wall* | 1988 |
| David | Clark ESM* | 1989 |
| Peter | Bermingham OAM* | 1989 |
| Robert | Howard ESM OAM | 1990 |
| Edwin (Ed) | Jaggard OAM | 1991 |
| Richard | Roberts OAM* | 1991 |
| John | Somers* | 1992 |
| Frank | Parlevliet | 1993 |
| Roy | Becker | 1993 |
| Allan | Porteus | 1994 |
| Michael (Mike) | Cook | 1994 |
| Robert (Bob) | Blake OAM | 1995 |
| Colin | Cook* | 1995 |
| William (Bill) | Robertson* | 1996 |
| Ian | McRae | 1997 |
| John | Griffiths* | 1997 |
| Raymond | Redfern* | 1997 |
| Sid | Marshall* | 1998 |
| Robert | Welch OAM | 2000 |
| Wilhelmus | Amesz | 2000 |
| Dot | Shearer* | 2001 |
| John | King OAM | 2002 |
| Jean | Burling OAM | 2003 |
| W.H. | Read* | 2003 |
| Walter | Fry OAM | 2003 |
| Barry | Olson | 2004 |
| Evan (Bryn) | Jones* | 2004 |
| Ian | Vilkson | 2004 |
| John | Kitts | 2004 |
| Kingsley | Smith | 2004 |
| Anthony (Tony) | Snelling | 2005 |
| Frank | Senior | 2007 |
| Gary | Clark | 2007 |
| Anne-Marie | Widermanski | 2008 |
| David | Somers | 2008 |
| Joseph | Knight-Smith | 2008 |
| Larry | Tilbury | 2008 |
| Allen (Mike) | Smith OAM | 2009 |
| Carol | Gibbs | 2010 |
| Gail | King | 2010 |
| Norman | Gibbs | 2010 |
| John | McCourt | 2011 |
| Kenneth | Jenner | 2011 |
| George | Mumford | 2013 |
| John | Wright | 2013 |
| Pamela | Shipway | 2013 |
| Ric | Buist | 2013 |
| Leigh | Buchan | 2014 |
| Mark | Irwin | 2015 |
| Murray | Thornton | 2016 |
| Celia | Waugh | 2017 |
| Brian | Carthew JP | 2017 |
| Christopher | Brien ESM | 2022 |
| Mark | Hills | 2022 |
| Craig | Smith-Gander AM | 2024 |
