Strength and humanity. Passion and commitment. Turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. A national sport, SurfSports offers a prime training ground for the physical and psychological demands of saving lives in the surf. JuniorSurf members, as young as seven get to enjoy the fun and excitement of pitting themselves against each other. Regardless of ability or interest, events range from Club based competitions to District and National U14 Championships

Qualified lifeguards can participate in District SurfEvents, which help build their peak performance for the New Zealand Championships held in March. Events span the range of rescue skills and test competitors’ strength, fitness and agility in swimming, running, paddling a SurfSki, board or canoe, rowing a surfboat. Racing Inflatable Rescue Boats is an increasingly popular part of our sport.

The NZ Surf League is the national U19 and Open inter District competition televised in February.

Being the best you can be may also mean you’re the best in New Zealand - even the best in the world. Certainly, you’ll get to find out. For lifeguards, coaches and officials, undertaking the surf lifesaving development programmes will open the world to you.