Competitions

Registration Policy

Pre-registration through the website will be mandatory for all winter competitions. Registration deadlines for all competitions will be 48 hours prior to the competition. A minimum of 20 registered athletes are required for each competition. If the event is cancelled, cancellation notices will be sent to all registered athletes within 24 hours of the registration deadline.

Nova Scotia Lifesaving Sport League

Established in 2000, the Nova Scotia Lifesaving Sport League (formerly Nova Scotia Surf League) is Canada’s first lifesaving competition series. It was developed to provide opportunities for Nova Scotia lifeguards to be involved in ocean competitions.

The Nova Scotia Lifesaving Sport League is operated by the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service (NSLS) and consists of three lifesaving sport competitions throughout the summer between late June and the end of August.

Anyone who is 15 and holds a current Bronze Medallion or higher LSS Award is eligible to compete. Competitors may compete as “unattached” or with a “club team”.
The Lifesaving Sport Series events are conducted according to the 2013 edition of the International Life Saving Federation Competition Manual and the Canadian Competition Manual 2012 edition.

The Nova Scotia Lifesaving Sport League has helped establish and maintain Nova Scotia’s reputation for having some of the top surf trained lifeguards in Canada. In addition, it has helped increase exposure to the continuously expanding sport of Lifesaving Sport. The series was established in the spirit of the Lifesaving Society’s objective to establish a lifesaving competition system in Canada that is consistent with world events and standards.

Nova Scotia Lifesaving Sport Pool Series 2025

More dates, times and locations coming soon! Follow our social media or check back here soon for more details!

If your club/team or facility is looking to host a pool lifesaving sport competition or Emergency Response competition, please email Lauren: laurenc@lifesavingns.ca

Pool Series 2025: Round 1 - CGC

CGC event info feb 16 25.pdf

RESULTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

Athlete database Mastersheet - Results.pdf

Pool Series 2025: Round 2 - Shearwater

Shearwater Event info.pdf

RESULTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Shearwater 2025 results.pdf

Pool Series 2025: Round 3 - Zatzman Sportsplex

Sport planner - Meet information form (10).pdf

Competition notes:

- We will meet in the Victoria room at the sportsplex at 3:45pm.

- Simulated Emergency Response (SER) is our first event, teams will be drawn for order at 4pm.

- For reference/score sheets we are using Section 5 of the ILS manual https://www.ilsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ILS-2023-ILS-Competition-Rulebook-FINAL-June-2023-Clarification-V4.3.1-May-2024.pdf

- Anyone under 15 is asked to arrive for 3:45pm to check in at the victoria room also. We may ask for a few more people willing to be acting victims for the simulation or to help us with scoring - if you are interested please reply to this email.

- Teams for SER are organised OYO, any mix of four lifeguards aged 15+ years who have held at minimum a bronze star award, certification does not need to be current. Please have your team of 4 ready for 4pm in the Victoria room.

- Teams have 2 minutes to respond to as many victims as possible, scenario will re-set between each team. Once all teams have played out the situation, the pool will be open for warmup and a heat start time will be given.

- Order for teams entering the simulation will be via random draw, we ask that all lifeguards competing SER stay in the Victoria room from 4pm until they are called thru for the simulation.

- Reminder for ALL athletes that we have the 100m tow with fins event so if you are able to, please bring your own fins as we will have a limited supply/sizes poolside.

Nova Scotia Surf Series Summer 2025

Dates have now been confirmed for surf lifesaving sport in Nova Scotia for the summer of 2025!

July 23 1-5

NS Lifesaving Sport Summer Series Round 1

August 2 11-5pm

Maritime Surf Lifesaving Championship

(NS Lifesaving Sport Summer Series Round 2)

August 3 9am-1pm

Canadian Lifeguard Challenge*

August 9th

10AM to 5PM

Nova Scotia Junior Lifeguard Games

August 10th

NS LSS Sport Round 3

August 22-24

Canadian Surf Lifesaving Championship

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