31/08/2025
Well done to all our clubs for their gear preparation for the 2025/26 season.
Across our coastline, Surf Life Saving Sydney continues to adapt and evolve in response to emerging challenges, embracing diversity and inclusion as central strengths. Our members not only save lives but also educate, connect, and protect our communities, by the community, for the community, and that is something we are deeply proud of.
Surf Life Saving Sydney respects and acknowledges the traditional custodians across all the lands on which we live, work and patrol, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Background Image credit: 'Eora Dreaming' depicts the community of the fifteen Surf Life Saving Clubs throughout Sydney, stretching from North Bondi south to Burning Palms in the Royal National Park - Artist 'Billy Reynolds', proud Dharawal and Yuin man.
Each Season we ensure all our Surf Clubs are fully equipped and compliant, ready to patrol our beaches and save lives.
This includes our annual Pre-Season Gear Inspection, enabling our clubs to have only the best equipment on hand during patrol.
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Gear Inspection Guidelines
SLS Sydney will release their Guidelines for the upcoming season, identifying the requirements and processes to be applied for the inspection ahead.
When the document is ready for the next Gear Inspection, we’ll post at link to it below.
Supporting Documents
Gear Inspection FAQs
This document answers some of the commonly asked questions and issues regarding the inspected gear such as IRBs, Defibrillators, Radios and Rescue Boards.
We update this document each season, with the most recent document available on the link below.
SLSNSW Gear Inspection Guidance
SLSNSW provide statewide guidance for the pre season gear inspection run by SLS Sydney.
This document is updated each season with all the latest information. We’ll attached their release here for reference as soon as it’s available for the next season.
Gear Inspection News
14/07/2025
In readiness for Season 2025-26, our Annual Gear Inspection for all Clubs is scheduled for Sunday 31 August 2025. All information can be found on our website and has been shared to clubs.
19/09/2024
We thank all our 15 Clubs and Gear Inspection team for their outstanding effort with the Annual Gear Inspection conducted over the past 2 weekends.
13/09/2024
Tomorrow our Branch Gear Inspection Team will be visiting our Bate Bay & RNP Clubs to conduct the annual inspection.
06/09/2024
Tomorrow our Branch Gear Inspection Team will be visiting our Waverley & Randwick Clubs to conduct the annual inspection.
Gear Inspection Events
Last updated: October 16, 2025