AUGUST 24 UPDATE: APPLICATIONS FOR NEW MEMBERSHIPS FOR OUR SUMMER 2024/2025 SEASON HAVE NOW OPENED. TO APPLY, PLEASE REFER TO THE STEP BY STEP GUIDE BELOW
21 August 24 update:
Thank you for your interest in becoming a new Mooloolaba Nipper for our 2024/2025 summer.
We are currently processing registrations for new members who expressed their interest via our pre-expressions, and have now made contact with successful registrations. Further expressions for new memberships have currently closed.
Please keep an eye on our Facebook Page or here for any further updates.
8 October 2024 update:
Our Nippers are now back on the beach for our 2024/2025 summer season.
Great news! We have limited availability for new Nippers wanting to join.
Spots are available on a first come first serve basis, in the following age groups.
Under 10: DOB 01/10/2014 to 30/09/2015
Under 11: DOB 01/10/2013 to 30/09/2014
Under 13: DOB: 01/10/2011 to 30/09/2012
Under 14: DOB: 01/10/2010 to 30/09/2011
If you would like to join, please email our admin team ASAP, with your Nipper’s name and date of birth. Once our team confirms availability, we will assist you with finalising your membership and pre-joining skills assessment criteria.
17 October 2024 update:
Our Nipper memberships for our 2024/2025 season have now closed.
Thank you to all our returning and new Mooloolaba Nipper families who have joined us this summer!
It’s a big task to ensure 500 Nippers are proficient and onboarded to participate in our program, but we’ve done it, and we can’t wait for everything we have planned this summer.
Our Nipper season runs from mid September through to early March.
If you are planning to join us on the beach for our 2024/2025 summer season, the next opportunity for new members to join will be in August 2024.
About Mooloolaba Nippers
Our Nipper season runs from mid September through to early March.
Mooloolaba SLSC Junior Activities (Nippers) are designed to ensure children aged 5 to 13 years have fun at the beach, while building the child’s confidence and teaching valuable skills about beach safety and surf awareness so they can go on to become lifesavers themselves.
Nippers need to be a minimum of five years of age as at 30 September.
Before the start of the Nipper season each participant is required to complete a Preliminary Skills evaluation designed to ensure that each child demonstrates a standard of competence in an aquatic environment. (See our Nipper Handbook in Forms & Resources below for Evaluation information).
As Nippers progress through the various age groups, they will undergo lessons in wading, running, swimming, board paddling and lifesaving skills including working towards resuscitation and first aid.
Please note that Nippers is not a ‘learn to swim’ program, your child will need to be able to demonstrate a particular level of swimming skills before being accepted to the program.
Our Mooloolaba Nippers program is held on Mooloolaba Beach most Sundays throughout the summer season.
Activities run from 7.45am until 10.15am.
Younger age groups (Under 6 & 7s) finish earlier at 9.15am.
Want to know more about what it means to be a Mooloolaba Nipper?
Check out our Q&A DOCUMENT or visit the INFORMATION section below for all RESOURCES
Mooloolaba Nippers Membership pricing for our 2024/2025 Season
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AUGUST 2024 - JOINING STEPS FOR OUR 2024/2025 SEASON
PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP FEE
SUBMIT A CLEAR COPY OF YOUR CHILD'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR PASSPORT
POOL EVALUATION
All Nippers must attend a scheduled MSLSC Pool Assessment Day. (new and renewing members)
NIPPER OPEN DAYS
The Beach Competition Evaluation is required for Nippers participating in carnivals and additional training sessions
BLUE CARD
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS & CARERS. FAQs and RESOURCES- All the information you need to know
Mooloolaba Nippers is a volunteer led program. From Age Managers, to Water Safety to BBQ attendants, we rely wholly on the support of our Nipper parents. There are so many ways our Nipper Adults can get involved, and you may even decide to become a lifesaver yourself! Check out our “volunteer information” document to learn how you can get involved.
We encourage our members to join our members only platforms as a way for us to share information, including our members only Facebook Group and Stack Teams App. Both platforms are accessible via application, on approval.
Our Club and SLSQ takes seriously its responsibility to deliver a safe, fair and inclusive environment for Children & Young People involved in Surf Life Saving.
This MAKE A REPORT resource is available to report child safe matters or to make a complaint. Please follow it’s prompts to complete your submission.
We encourage all parents to obtain a Blue Card. This is manatory for volunteering adults.
Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club is committed to keep all of our members safe, particularly our children. It is a mandatory legislative requirement that all staff and volunteers who work with children are Blue Card holders, and we’d also like to encourage any eligible adult to obtain a Blue Card too, just in case we need you to jump in and help at a moment’s notice!
Mooloolaba SLSC is committed to safeguarding our children. Please read our Child Safety Commitment Statement
Volunteers
Information for Parents / Carers
Mooloolaba Nippers is a volunteer led program. From Age Managers, to Water Safety to BBQ attendants, we rely wholly on the support of our Nipper parents. There are so many ways you can get involved, you may even decide to become a lifesaver yourself!
CHILD SAFETY COMMITMENT
Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club is committed to keep all of our members safe, particularly our children. While it is a mandatory legislative requirement that all staff and volunteers who work with children are Blue Card holders, we’d also like to encourage any eligible parents to obtain a Blue Card too, just in case we need you to jump in the canteen or on the BBQ at a moment’s notice!
The Starfish Nipper Program
Mooloolaba Surf Lifesaving Club runs a Starfish Nippers program. Designed for children and young adults with a disability age 6 and above, the program aims to give young people with disabilities beach safety skills and water safety awareness.
