Nippers
Our Nippers program is an excellent opportunity for children aged 5 to 13 to be part of an active and friendly community and learn valuable life skills. Not only will your child have fun and make new friends, but they will also develop skills in lifesaving beach patrols as well as a wide range of surf sports.
Every club in South Australia offers a Nippers program, all with various styles and sizes. Junior activities are delivered on local beaches between October and March by specially trained volunteers from our Surf Life Saving Clubs. Lifesaving is something for the whole family to get involved in, and there are many supporting roles that you can play as a parent of a child involved in Junior Activities.
The Nippers program focuses on play, participation and fun. As they progress through the various age groups, Nippers undergo lessons in wading, running, ocean swimming, board paddling and lifesaving skills, and learning the basics of resuscitation and first aid.
After they complete the program, your child will be ready to undertake their Surf Rescue Certificate and become a qualified Surf Lifesaver who can patrol our beaches and serve the community. Practising these skills allows children to compete in club, regional and state surf lifesaving carnivals representing their clubs.
Surf Awareness
Knowledge of where the dangers are and how to read the surf are essential ingredients in keeping yourself and your mates safe at the beach.
Lifesaving Skills
We introduce Nippers to the skills they will need to become a lifesaver in the future.
Surf Sport Skills
We help our Nippers to develop confidence through participation in a variety of surf sports.
Watch your child have fun, meet new friends and develop skills for life! Enrol Today.
Rippers
Rippers is a new junior activities program based on the river. The program is specially designed for children aged five to twelve. The program is a great way to help kids learn essential water safety skills, grow their confidence, and make lifelong friendships.
Not only is Rippers a fun way for children to enjoy the river in a safe environment, but it also offers children an educational pathway through the Junior Development Program. This program sets them on the path to becoming a fully rounded participant in both lifesaving and sport - we like to call it 'Serious Fun'.
Contact us on 83546900 or nippers@surflifesavingsa.com.au for more information.
River Awareness
Knowledge of dangers and how to read the river are essential to keeping you and your mate safe at the river.
Lifesaving Skills
Rippers are introduced to the skills they will need to become a lifesaver in the future.
Water Sport Skills
We help our Rippers to develop confidence through participation in a variety of sports.
Watch your child have fun, meet new friends and develop skills for life! Enrol Today.
Surf Babies
Our children’s programs teach kids and their families water safety skills through fun, play-based programs. Through early education, we can help children to develop lifelong water safety skills and habits. We offer a range of programs for children as young as one and up.
Surf Babies is our program for young beach lovers and their families. It is designed to develop water confidence and aquatic safety for a lifelong love of the beach. Adults will gain confidence taking young children to the beach by learning how to identify hazards, respond to a beach-based emergency, and supervise children appropriately in the open water.
VACSWIM
VACSWIM is South Australia's most renowned summer holiday program giving our kids (aged 3-12) confidence in and around the water! Programs are offered as 5-day blocks across 130 programs, there's bound to be one near you.
The VACSWIM program is a SA Government subsidised and endorsed summer holiday water safety program.
Parnggi Yarluwar Porlar (PYP)
A Water Safety Program for First Nations Children
Surf Life Saving SA has partnered with Tjindu Foundation, as well as several swimming centres and surf life saving clubs in South Australia, to provide 200 First Nations children an opportunity to participate in swimming lessons at local pools before heading to our surf life saving clubs to participate in our Nippers program. The initiative is the Parnggi Yarluwar Porlar project, meaning Water Ocean Kids, representing the swimming pool, surf life saving and children.