Safety & Rescue

Strong Rip Currents Keep Cable Beach Lifeguards on the Alert

Lifeguards on Cable Beach have been kept busy the past week as strong rip currents have seen unsuspecting beachgoers swept out of their depth and in need of rescuing. On Saturday morning Lifeguards performed multiple rescues, all within minutes of each other, after a large swell saw dangerous rip currents…

New lifesaving observation towers hit the sand

The first of 10 new lifesaving observation towers set to hit WA beaches was unveiled at City Beach yesterday morning as Surf Life Saving WA looks to boost their operational and surveillance capabilities with the custom designed towers. According to Surf Life Saving WA General Manager Chris Peck, the elevated…

SLSA Awards of Excellence Wrap – 4 November 2017

Secret Harbour Surf Life Saving Club’s Carolyn Wilson was awarded Surf Life Saving Australia’s Official of the Year title at the annual Awards of Excellence over the weekend. Surf Life Saving’s most distinguished, heroic and dedicated gathered for the 2017 awards ceremony, held at the Art Gallery of New South…

Surf lifesavers answer call to patrol from the sky this summer

Dubbed the ‘Lifesaver in the Sky’, Surf Life Saving WA (SLSWA) is set to take beach patrols to new heights this summer with the commencement of a drone patrol trial. The trials, part of the State Government’s $33 million shark hazard mitigation strategy, will be conducted at multiple beach…

Lifesavers ask for helping hand to keep WA’s beaches safe this summer

Last summer more than 570 lives were saved on WA beaches by volunteer surf life savers and now they are asking for a helping hand of their own. Surf Life Saving WA’s (SLSWA) 2016 BeachSAFE Appeal kicks off on Monday 21 November, raising vital funds to support Western Australia’s…