Big weekend ahead at Wauchope Bonny Hills Surf Life Saving Club

THE weekend of 26-28 September is set to be an extremely busy one for the Wauchope Bonny Hills Surf Life Saving Club (WBHSLSC).

Friday 26 September is Nippers Registration Day, with the club taking registrations at 4pm in the WBHSLSC training room (as soon as you walk through the main doors).

“Thinking about Nippers? Need a hand registering? We’d love to meet you and help out,” the club said in a statement. Saturday 27 September marks the start of the 2025/2026 lifesaving patrol season for the club.

Rainbow Beach will be patrolled every weekend and on Public Holidays by volunteer lifesavers right through until April 2026.

Saturday is also the date of the wet assessment for the current cohort of Bronze Medallion, Transition to Bronze Medallion and Surf Rescue Certificate candidates.

WBHSLSC Director of Education Peter Daniels, said there was “no off season” for these candidates, who have been working hard since July.

“They were all deemed competent in their dry assessment completed earlier in the month and once deemed fully competent, these new awardees will be able to contribute to the much needed lifesaving patrol activities of the club,” the club said in a statement.

The club will then host the Rainbow Gold Ocean Swim on Sunday, 28 September.

“[The swim] is expected to attract all levels of swimmer, from confident kids and first-timers to salty veterans who live for the feel of a clean line through blue water,” the club said.

“There are a number of swim distances ranging from a 400m splash, a one kilometre hit-out, or a satisfying two kilometre loop that lets you truly settle into your stroke.”

Online entries close at 3pm on 27 September for all three swims but on-the-day entries will close 30 minutes prior to the start of each individual swim – 400m – 7.30am (start time 8am); 1km – 8am (start time 8.30); 2km – 9am (start time 9.30).