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24.01.2022 LAST Skills Maintenance sessions for SRC/Bronze members is TOMORROW!! If you still haven't done yours or you haven't registered for tomorrow, please contact Daneeka via email at [email protected] ASAP. We have an 8am and a 9am Session tomorrow morning.... This is your very last chance to get your Skills Maintenance done!

24.01.2022 As a former surf lifesaver I constantly find myself when I'm at a beach automatically in patrol mode, and I'm always troubled seeing the amount of swimmers that... enter the surf straight into a rip zone. This includes, and most worrying of all children. I know a lot of people are kind of aware of what to do if caught in a rip, but it has been brought to my attention recently that a lot of people aren't aware of what a rip actually looks like or where the safest place to swim at the beach is if there is no flagged area. One person will drown every two to three days this summer... 90% of those fatalities will be rip-related. Here are a few things that will help you and your kids stay safe this summer. I have also put together a few images that show what to look for. 1. The easiest thing to remember is that often the safest/calmest most enticing looking area along a beach is usually a rip. A rip is usually the area devoid of wave activity and appears darker and deceptively calmer. It can sometimes appear milky or turbulent, but it is always pretty much void of wave activity. All that water coming in via waves has to go back out somehow, this is what a rip is. (see pics). 2. Always take 5-10 mins when you get to the beach to observe surf conditions and identify where these areas are. 3. If you are caught in a rip, DO NOT PANIC. Go into floating mode and raise one arm as a distress signal when possible. See which direction the rip is taking you, is it straight out or at an angle? once you have determined this, and if you have the energy, swim to the right or left of the direction of flow, never against. Some rips can move at 3 times the speed of an olympic swimmer, you won't win! If you cannot swim out to either side of the rip, just go with it. Most rips won't take you out very far, and will usually spit you out not long after they take you, so keep calm and save your energy for the swim back to shore. 4. If you have kids, show them these pictures, educate them and make them aware. You can't always be watching them, and it is only a matter of a few metres each way of the point of entry to the water that could mean them being safe, or instantly caught in a rip. Obviously the safest place to swim is always between the flags on a patrolled beach, but this isn't always practical given the immensity of our coast line and number of beautiful beaches. Of course there are many other factors that can come into play when it comes to beach safety, but rips are the No.1 killer. They are not hard to identify, and 10 mins observation before entering the surf is much easier than body retrieval. *The darker/calmer areas in the pics are rips. The one with purple dye shows rip movement. Kenny Jewell - Official

20.01.2022 Swim Training Update: - The last Kawana SLSC Swim Training Session at Kawana Aquatic Centre for this year will be on *Wednesday, December 16th* - Swimming will start back up again in the New Year on *Wednesday, January 13th*... For all our regular swimmers, or anyone who may be interested in getting involved in swimming in the New Year, we will be having dinner and some drinks to celebrate Christmas at the Kawana Surf Club on *Wednesday, December 23rd @ 6pm*

14.01.2022 Announcement We have been approved to run our famous annual Kawana Carols by The Beach this year - Sunday afternoon the 20th Dec. This is our BIGGEST annua...l fundraising event for Nippers. Obviously Covid has impacted everyone this year and Christmas hasn’t missed out with so many Kindy, School and local Christmas events cancelled. So it is a real privilege to be able to deliver this event to the community, and a massive opportunity to give back to the locals who supported us (the Surf Club) throughout this challenging year. So we need volunteers!!!! We are having a Carrols meeting at the Surf Club this Tuesday the 8th Dec at 6pm to discuss and share the work. If you have ever seen or been involved with our Carols event you know it is an awesome feeling to bring so much joy to your local community. Especially if you are a brand new member, a brand new Nipper family or a brand new patrolling bronzie, this is a great opportunity to give back and be part of the club. If you can’t make the meeting but would like to help pls contact Glenn Carter on email - [email protected] . Thank you in advance - it’s time to put smiles on peoples faces after a very hard year!!!! See more

10.01.2022 IMPORTANT! Please make sure if you havent completed your Online Modules for your Skills Maintenance that it is done by THIS FRIDAY! - 18/12/20 If Greera has contacted you to come in and sign any paperwork, please also come in and do this by this Friday as well.... If your Online is not done or you haven't signed what you need to by Friday, you will NOT be signed of as Proficient, and come the end of December you won't be able to do Patrols, Watersafety, Compete or anything else to do with Active Surf Lifesaving. Please remember that we are on deadlines to get paperwork in by a certain time. There is a huge amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to make sure everyone gets signed off on Skills Maintenance. We are on your side and trying to help you! So please don't be the person who holds up the club, or other members, because you haven't done what you're supposed to. We don't want to have to keep hassling you - it is frustrating for all parties involved to have to constantly keep chasing up the same people. And thankyou very much to everyone who has already completed everything they need to! It is very much appreciated.

04.01.2022 As we approach our mid season break just a reminder that nipper attendance counts towards your award. Our nipper handbook states that nippers must attend 50% o...f nipper Sunday sessions to be considered for the award. That equates to attending at least 4 nipper days before the end of December. A reminder for our competitive kids, any Members wishing to compete in Sunshine Coast Branch Youth Championship events must complete their respective Junior Activities Age Award prior to end of December by attending at least 4 nipper sessions. Just ask if any questions.