Carrum Surf Life Saving Club

09/01/2026

On a catastrophic day for Victoria, our volunteer surf lifesavers had an extraordinarily busy day during their unscheduled additional heatwave patrol.

Multiple complex incidents and rescues with the support of Ambulance Victoria, Victoria Police, and Life Saving Victoria teams, including the Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter, Kingston RWC team (based at Carrum), and Bonbeach Life Saving Club. Thanks most of all to our volunteers for donating your time to support the community in these conditions

Here’s some new tips to stay safe:
- never swim near Patterson River
- don’t accept rides on vessels from people you don’t know
- don’t operate a PWC if your ability is so poor that you flip it in a river.

Our stunning sunset tonight is born from the ashes impacting fellow Victorians to our north. Our thoughts are with all of you.

08/01/2026

07/01/2026

It’s a stinking hot day, so our volunteer surf lifesavers are providing an additional evening patrol at Carrum Beach.

The current forecast is for a wind change in the next hour or two, which will push those in the water near Patterson River into deep water.

Help avoid the need for us to rescue you by staying well clear of the river and bathe between the flags in front of the surf lifesaving club at 11 Carrum Promenade.

31/12/2025

Celebrating a great 2025 and looking forward to 2026.

Thanks to everyone who helped Tia set up the glow sticks. And thanks to Tia for being our social media manager tonight.

28/12/2025

A reminder to keep watch of children at the beach, after Carrum’s volunteer surf lifesavers responded to four missing children incidents today.

All of the children have been found and reunited to their parents, including one who was found before their parents even realised they were missing, and another found at Carrum, over a kilometre away from where they went missing in Seaford.

Never take your eyes off children around water.

24/12/2025

This Christmas Eve Santa is checking his list to make sure everyone swims between the flags and never near Patterson River.

🎅 Merry Christmas everyone!

We cropped the photo Santa sent us so that it showed as many of our nippers as possible, but Santa has told us that he knows all of our nippers are certainly on the nice list.

A friendly reminder for anyone wanting to avoid the naughty list: Never swim near Patterson River. It's never safe. Swim in front of the surf lifesaving club instead.

📷 AI generated image.

22/12/2025

Welcome to our newest recruits!

After many hours of training and practice, here’s our new surf lifesavers.

Congratulations, and well done.

And a nod to Andy who renewed his trainer’s qualifications.

21/12/2025

Update: A new warning has been issued. Stay informed. https://www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-climate/warnings-and-alerts?stateName=Victoria

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Melbourne Area for damaging winds and heavy rainfall

Stay informed: www.bom.gov.au/vic/warnings
Issued at 1:49 pm Sunday, 21 December 2025.

Where:
For people in Port Phillip waters, Inner East, Mornington Peninsula, Inner, South East, Northern, Western, Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula and parts of Western Port and Outer East Local Warning Areas.

When:
Severe thunderstorms approach from the northwest and are likely to impact Melbourne and Geelong from now.

Situation:
The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 1:50 pm, severe thunderstorms likely to produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding were detected near Bacchus Marsh, Brisbane Ranges and the area northeast of Marysville.

These thunderstorms are moving towards the southeast. They are forecast to affect Craigieburn, Geelong City, Melton, St Albans, Sunbury, Werribee and Footscray by 2:20 pm and Dandenong, Frankston, Glen Waverley, Greensborough, Melbourne City, Preston, Rosebud, Caulfield and Ringwood by 2:50 pm.

The Victoria State Emergency Service advises that people should:
* If driving conditions are dangerous, safely pull over away from trees, drains, low-lying areas and floodwater. Avoid travel if possible.
* Stay safe by avoiding dangerous hazards, such as floodwater, mud, debris, damaged roads and fallen trees.
* Be aware - heat, fire or recent storms may make trees unstable and more likely to fall when it's windy or wet.
* Check that loose items, such as outdoor settings, umbrellas and trampolines are safely secured. Move vehicles under cover or away from trees.
* Stay indoors and away from windows.
* If outdoors, move to a safe place indoors. Stay away from trees, drains, gutters, creeks and waterways.
* Stay away from fallen powerlines - always assume they are live.
* Stay informed: Monitor weather warnings, forecasts and river levels at the Bureau of Meteorology website, and warnings through VicEmergency website/app/hotline.

The next warning is due to be issued by 2:50 pm.

20/12/2025

This morning, Carrum Surf Life Saving Club members stood shoulder to shoulder in silent reflection at the water’s edge before patrol.

We joined surf lifesavers across Australia to observe three minutes of silence, standing together as a united surf lifesaving community, in recognition of the tragedy that has unfolded at Bondi and in support of our fellow lifesavers.