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http://www.croydesurflifesavingclub.co.uk/ We’re your local, friendly surf lifesaving club here in North Devon. We're for everyone.

Whether you’re 6 or 66 - if you can swim and want to get fitter, be safer in the water and have fun – welcome to Croyde.

26/01/2026

Huge congrats to all the awesome Nippers who took on The Devons over the last two weekends. Team Croyde showed loads of resilience, brought their best selves to each race, and did us — and themselves — proud!

Big thanks to our brilliant coaches, helpers & parents for making it all such a success. We celebrated in style at last night, so huge thanks as well to Dan and the team at The Rock for hosting us and feeding all the kids — smiles all round.

Next stop… The Nationals!🧡

17/01/2026

Wishing the best of luck to all the Nippers competing at The Devon's tomorrow.
Croyde’s finest are prepped, ready to give it their all and most importantly, have plenty of fun! 🧡

14/01/2026

How many widths of the pool could you do?

12/01/2026

We have just a few spaces left for club members (and juniors aged 14+) to join our 2026 Lifeguard/Lifesaver course and help keep our surf lifesaving sessions safe. It's an internationally recognised qualification and a great way to give back.

📍 Venue: Croyde Village Hall
📅 Dates: Thursday 29th January through to May/June
⌚Times: 18.45 (a 2-hr session per week, totalling around 40 hours)
🏊🏻‍♂️ Open to: Adults and Juniors turning 14 by 30th April 2026.
(Until age 16, juniors qualify as Lifesavers, with almost identical course content. Once they turn 16, they can renew as a full Lifeguard.)

Fitness requirements
(You’ve got until the spring/early summer to get these times and we’ll help you!)
🏊🏻‍♂️ 400m swim (16 lengths) in under 7mins 30secs for Lifeguard and 9mins 30secs for Lifesaver
🏃🏼‍♀️ 200m beach run

📲 Interested?
Message Matt on Spond or contact Pete Makepeace at [email protected] or 07421 264309.

24/12/2025

Happy Christmas from this bunch of legends - and all of us at Croyde SLSC. We hope you get some time in the water (chlorine or salt) over the holiday period! 🎄🎁 🌊

21/09/2025

🏆🌊 The Nippers have done it! They've taken back the trophy in our annual Nippers vs Adults showdown!

After the Adults scraped a narrow win last year, Nippers old and new came out fired up and owned the beach today. Trophy secured. Pride restored. Nipper bragging rights: unlimited until next year. 😉

Huge thanks to everyone who helped and supported a brilliant fun morning. 🧡

07/09/2025

Moody skies & big sets were putting our nippers to the test this morning! They all did so brilliantly, learned lots, and celebrated with hot chocolates. Well done everyone 👏

18/08/2025

Big club shoutout to the one and only Pete Makepeace, who travelled to the Nationals in Weymouth recently to represent the club on the sand and in the sea. When he's not doing this he's training the next generations of our lifeguards (and inspiring the rest of us).

17/08/2025

Our mighty team of six nippers had an awesome time at the nationals last weekend.

They had so much fun, made new friends and did Croyde SLSC proud! 🧡

Here’s a run down of the epic nipper results:

Overall 21st out of 30 clubs!

Flags final
Arthur 11th
Max 9th
Thea 9th
Molly 15th

1km run
Harriet 🥈
Arthur 9th

Board rescue
Harriet and Elowyn - finalists 7th

Girls Board relay
Harriet, Elowyn and Thea - finalists 11th

Girls Taplin relay
Finalists - 11th

Golden Nipper
Harriet - finalist
Arthur 4th

Beach sprints
Thea finalist 7th
Harriet finalist 6th

Surf race
Max finalist 23rd
Arthur 5th

Board race
Arthur finalist
Max 10th

Award for team moral booster and overall legend....Elowyn

Best friend maker in the queue ..Molly

🙌 Huge thanks to and for hosting us on their beautiful beach!

📅 Save the date for next year and join the fun: 6-8 August 2026. See you there 🧡

20/07/2025

What a lovely morning celebrating the Nippers' impressive baking skills & presenting medals from The Devons. Thanks Mary, Matt & Paul for judging for us! 🧡🥇🎂🌊

14/07/2025

The Devons 2025! 🌞🌊🌞 Huge congratulations to all the Nippers that took part. Epic efforts under the hot sun with big smiles all round. Thank you to everyone who contributed to a fantastic day. Here's a few of our highlights....

11/07/2025

Huge congratulations to our newly qualified lifeguards and lifesavers. We’re so proud of our new lifesavers, Tess, Eva and Nell and lifeguards, Monty, Jarred and Greg.

They completed their qualifications in some seriously challenging sea conditions – and absolutely rose to the occasion. Their commitment and attitude throughout the course were outstanding, and it was a real pleasure to coach each of them. They’re now ready to put their lifesaving skills into action, wherever they’re needed.

A big thank you to Barrie Charlesworth for his support throughout the course. And thanks as well to Dan Northcott and Ben Kennedy for helping with the final assessments. Not to mention club legend and all-round superstar Pete Makepeace for giving up his Thursday nights to coach everyone through.

Well done everyone!

Address

Croyde

Telephone

01271 890101

Website

http://www.croydesls.org/

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