Ocean swimming is gaining popularity as a fantastic, low-cost, health and wellbeing activity for people living in coastal communities. The Illawarra doesn’t currently have many opportunities available for people to join supervised non-competitive ocean swims that operate on a regular basis.
Coalcliff Surf Life Saving Club (CSLSC) turns 100 in 2024 and ahead of this significant milestone, the surf club, generously supported by Equilibrium Healthcare as principal sponsor, is kicking off a new initiative for the 2022/2023 season: the Coalcliff Ocean Swim Club. This will be an inclusive ocean swimming club, focussed on participation rather than competition, which will provide adults from the community with the opportunity to practise ocean swimming skills on a regular basis and to connect with others in a friendly and supportive environment.
In supporting the Coalcliff Ocean Swim Club, Equilibrium Healthcare aims to promote and contribute to the development of healthy lifestyles in the community. Both the business and the club share this core value of supporting people to participate in healthy activities in the ocean.
The club swims will be scheduled for every second Sunday during the season, and the course will be selected on the day, depending on the weather and conditions. The plan is to have a number of distances for participants to choose from on the day. The club will provide full surf lifesaving support to participants, who will all be easily identified by their brightly coloured swim caps provided at the start of the season.
While the swim club offers a great opportunity for participants, another key benefit is that it will provide Coalcliff’s patrolling members with additional regular practice throughout the season. Using the watercraft, radio operations and signals is an important way to maintain core skills and build capacity within the club.
For this first season, there will be a limit of 40 places. To register your interest in joining the Coalcliff Ocean Swim Club for the 2022/2023 season, please send your expression of interest to events@coalcliffslsc.com.au. Registration details, updates and the dates for the swim club will be added to the Coalcliff Surf Life Saving Club Facebook page and dates will also appear in the Flame’s What’s On page from October.
If you’d like to join the club as a new volunteer member please go to the Coalcliff Surf Life Saving Club website, navigate to the membership section and click on ‘join’ or email. We look forward to meeting you down at Coalcliff beach!
Visit www.coalcliffslsc.com.au