Club Champs 2021 – Wrap up

With QR codes for check-in and hand sanitiser between the beach flags rounds, our Portsea members didn’t let a global pandemic stop the annual back beach event.  The enthusiasm of our competitors continues to grow each year, males, females, juniors, open and masters. The surf turned on a challenge, the weather held up ... More

PSC-21 Update

Portsea Swim Classic updates - 11th Jan 2021 Please read carefully the below updates, as of the 11th Jan 2021, regarding the PSC-21. Registrations for the Portsea Swim Classic will close at 11.59pm on Friday 15th January - To enter please click the button below.  There will be NO On-Day registrations for the ... More

COVID-19 Update

New COVIDsafe Restrictions and how they apply at Portsea SLSC Effective as at 5.00pm 31 December 2020. The Victorian Government has updated the current restrictions designed to protect the community from COVID-19. These changes will mean a few changes around the Club effective from 5.00pm tonight. Checking in: ... More

Mordialloc Twilight Kick Starts the Carnival Season

After nine months of training at home and self-motivation, finally we had the chance to join our friends and race head to head in our favourite arena – the ocean. With state run LSV carnivals on ‘COVID-hold’ until the end of January, clubs have been asked to step up to the plate and run their own smaller events ... More

Lady Nelson and JR Wright Handicap Surf Swim Season 2020 – 2021

As a reminder this Active members-only event started in the 1963 – 1964 season and was won in that year by D. Wells.  The trophy was donated by club member John Wright the father of two excellent surf swimmers in Richard and Andrew who were both ranked in pool and surf at Victorian and National competition level.... More

Pier to Perignon – Latest Update

Pier to Perignon on Sunday 21st February 2021 2021 Pier to Perignon Update  Thank you all for your patience – we know it’s been a long wait, and we know many of you are keen to lock in your open water swim calendar. The good news is that based on current COVID-19 restrictions, we are full steam ahead with the ... More

Portsea Swim Classic – Latest Update

Portsea Swim Classic on Saturday 23rd January 2021 Registrations for PSC-21 opening Wednesday 16th December at 8.00am. After months of uncertainty, it is with much excitement that we are able to announce that we will be opening registrations for Portsea Swim Classic 2021! As I am sure all of our ... More

General Manager’s F&B Update

Updated: 20th November 2020. The Club  Dear members, I am really excited to let you know that The Club will reopen from next Friday, 27th November at 5.00pm. We can’t wait! At this stage, our plans are to open for weekends until Boxing Day, after which we will resume seven days a week – Breakfast, ... More

Rescues at Canadian Bay

In September 2020, Oscar and Ryan Peddle found themselves trapped in Melbourne’s Covid 19 lockdown.  These two young brothers, Oscar seventeen years old at the time, and Ryan aged twenty one, are normally keen Mornington Peninsula surfers who’d go in search of waves at Rye, Flinders, Point Leo or Gunnamatta.&nb... More

Victorian Government Advance Program

In 1993, under the new, government-funded Victorian Youth Development Program, Portsea SLSC Life Member Rowan Cameron, enrolled students from the Frankston High School (FHS) in a lifesaving program.  Rowan and other like-minded FHS outdoor education teachers took students on a weeklong camp where they trained for and ... More