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Latest news & beach info live from the SurfCom operations centre & SLSWA office. Source for all WA shark sighting info. #slswa #myWAbeach

Western Australia
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
Not all shapes we see in the water are sharks. This seal just wanted to say hello but ended up scaring these girls! http://t.co/C0j0GLxIkT
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
This is the White Shark that has been cruising the coast. Last seen between Scarborough and Trigg at 12:47. http://t.co/RarXdS5dFL
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
SW Westpac Heli crew spotted 2 Blue Whales yesterday off Meelup. The largest animal on earth is hard to miss though! http://t.co/Eaky2ciWSY
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
The Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter took an awesome photo of this whale and calf off Busselton Beach earlier today. http://t.co/xw2gnn39Zi
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter captured a photo of the hammerhead it sighted earlier this morning. http://t.co/edf8nYnzD8
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
A photo of the 3-4m shark sighted earlier @ Leighton Beach, courtesy of Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/adwsv8juyi
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Update: Photo of the White Shark up to 5m in length off Sydney St, Cottesloe tracking South. http://t.co/188n30yf7l
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
A photo of the 5m shark off Brighton Beach this morning. This photo is taken from the Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/Hre7JnNEzz
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Surf Life Saving WA
9 years
I think we all feel like this on a Monday... This guy is taking a break from migration @ City Beach. http://t.co/yUKTE16NN6
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Surf Life Saving WA
2 years
Would you know how to spot a rip current? Remember these three steps when heading to the beach: 1. STOP before entering the water; 2. LOOK for any other dangers; and 3. PLAN how to stay safe. You can find more information at #dontrisktherip
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Surf Life Saving WA
7 years
We aren’t the only ones out enjoying the beach and sunshine today. 🏖☀️ Check out the pod of dolphins captured by our Drone Patrol at Cottesloe this morning 🐬 #mycottesloebeach #mywabeach
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Surf Life Saving WA
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Surf Life Saving WA
7 years
Beautiful day for a swim at #SmithsBeach . Not a bad view from the Busselton Westpac Lifesaver Heli. Remember to swim between the flags!
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Surf Life Saving WA
5 years
🌈City Beach as captured by our Lifeguards this morning 👌 #slswa #mywabeach #lifeguards #myCitybeach #winterinperth
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
We have some amazing shots from todays patrols on board the South West Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/uqiyadoCOE
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
Picturesque shot from the Westpac Helicopter today over our incredible West Australian Coastline #sunsmart #myWAbeach
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
A few whales swimming offshore City Beach. Photo taken by the Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/1jFOnTBOA8
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
Surf Life Savers to patrol from the skies this summer! Full story #slswa #drones #myWAbeach
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Surf Life Saving WA
7 years
Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter sighted this mother and calf at City Beach today having a whale of a time. #MyBeach #Whale
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Our coastline is usually very pretty but Westpac Heli crew sighted this whale off Fremantle creating a small blemish. http://t.co/1HdAiVSH1E
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Cricket, Summer, Lifesavers and the beach have always gone hand in hand... #putoutyourbats #63notout #PhilHughes http://t.co/7KKS6GGsE3
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
A pod of dolphins play off Rottnest Island earlier today. Photograph courtesy of the Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/XszBYT2w90
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Surf Life Saving WA
7 years
The view from the Westpac Lifesaver Heli of a freshly combed #CottesloeBeach that only the early birds get to see.
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
A whale has been hanging out between Swanbourne and Fremantle since sighted yesterday. S/he is only 40m from shore. http://t.co/9s26dzNNbV
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
Great morning flight over the @MargaretRiverAu region coast this morning from the Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/UYwxxDmqkr
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
Whale and its calf enjoying the serenity at #CastleRock in #Dunsborough 🐋 📷: #WestpacLifeSaverHeli
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
View from our patrol #drone over City Beach on the weekend giving lifesavers on the beach a birds eye view of potential hazards #slswa
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
View from our #WestpacLifesaverheli of the 4m Great White sighted 100m off Bunker Bay this afternoon - the beach is still closed! #slswa
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter sighted a whale calf with it's mother. #myWAbeach
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
Photograph courtesy of Sorrento Lifeguard. http://t.co/0cnY223lZc
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Surf Life Saving WA
4 years
🐬🐬We're this happy it's Friday! 📷Pic taken by our Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Heli crew at Wilyabrup #slswa #westpaclifesaverheli #AustraliasSouthWest #MargaretRiver #Friyay #picoftheday
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
A few surfers had a large pod of dolphins swim by them yesterday. Photo taken by the SW Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/scSQCOmvPS
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Surf Life Saving WA
9 years
The rainbow knows. Even if the weather isn't ideal today, @WestAustralia beaches are gold! http://t.co/20lIT3WfJy
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Surf Life Saving WA
7 years
Just a few of the Hammerhead sharks sighted at Point Peron this morning by the #WestpacLifesaverHeli #swimbetweentheflags
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Small fish find safety in numbers; The Sth West Helicopter took this snap of a baitball off Sugarloaf Rock today. http://t.co/8Wg4SP1rgv
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
That's the official end of the 2013/14 season! It's been a long massive summer. Thank you all for your support. http://t.co/oZ5qVwi4DF
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
The shark appears to be following this whale north. First sighted off Swanbourne and last seen off Waterman. http://t.co/23xQyOokTd
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
Photo 3m shark off Yallingup today. When sighted, it was heading towards a group of swimmers only 30m away. http://t.co/uIcG3qwv0I
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Surf Life Saving WA
4 years
Our #westpaclifesaverheli 's sighted twelve sharks this weekend, clearing 35 people from the water and advising over 260 people on the beach plus those in 5 boats. #wanews #PerthNews #slswa #savinglives #mymeeelupbeach @DPIRDWA
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
Cont - shark sighted 150m offshore , A 3.5M Great white shark has rammed a male person in his side off the back of the reef at Melros Beach Mandurah. nil injuries to swimmer, for awareness of other swimmers in the area Melros, south of Mandurah.
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
This photo was taken by the Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter while on patrol this morning.
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Surf Life Saving WA
9 years
This sunfish has been trolling us! They look like a shark when they swim along with their big fin out of the water. http://t.co/KVzxdvZak1
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Surf Life Saving WA
7 years
Smiling for the camera 📸 Great snap from the #WestpacLifesaverHeli of this seal swimming around at City Beach ☀️
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
Chasing that wave 🌊🐬 📷 #WestpacLifeSaverHeli over #WilyabrupBeach in the #MargaretRiver region.
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Happy Australia day from Cottesloe beach! Photo taken by Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter while on patrol. #AustraliaDay http://t.co/XZIFmHtv3w
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
@FulfordBen At your request, yesterdays hammerhead shark off Rous Head. http://t.co/uWP1BupKuQ
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
Photo of the tiger shark sighted off Trigg Beach earlier this morning by the Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/kWmw1P10DQ
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
We tried to get as much @Australia in one photo as we could. How did we go? http://t.co/x4NZwMM54F
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Surf Life Saving WA
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Surf Life Saving WA
9 years
Images from SLS Westpac Heli North of Rottnest, of a pod of whales
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Surf Life Saving WA
4 years
✋ Who else is hanging out with the family this weekend? 📸 Dolphins of #Yallingup from our #WestpacLifeSaverHeli #slswa #thisisWA #myWAbeach #AustraliasSouthWest #wanderoutyonder
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
Shout out to all our volunteers. What our lifesavers give to the community can never be measured THANK YOU! #NVW2016
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
#Seal swimming through the surf 🦭 📷 #WestpacLifeSaverHeli over #SugarloafRock
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Surf Life Saving WA
4 years
📷You can't beat the view of our crew from the #WestpacLifesaverHeli when it comes to spotting the #HamelinBay #stingrays 👌 #slswa #australiassouthwest #myWAbeach
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
The Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter while on patrol has sighted a Bait ball off Fremantle SLSC. http://t.co/rQ5OiAwvJh
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Surf Life Saving WA
4 years
Thanks to everyone who heeded the warnings from our #westpaclifesaverheli 's at metro and south west beaches this weekend. 20 swimmers and surfers were cleared from the water plus more than 160 people on beach were advised of the hazards. #wanews #PerthNews #slswa #savinglives
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Surf Life Saving WA
9 years
It's the winter solstice! From today every day gets a little longer and summer gets a little closer. #bringbacksummer http://t.co/gGkAuSrPl4
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
What a perfect Christmas Day! At the beach today? Thank a Lifesaver giving up their day so you can have a safe one. http://t.co/nEXss920gW
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
🌊 The weekend is coming.... 📸 #WestpacLifeSaverHeli over Three Bears, #Yallingup
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Surf Life Saving WA
6 years
📢 NEWS | Yesterday, thanks to a grant from @lotterywest , we unveiled the first of 10 new lifesaving observation towers set to hit WA beaches by summer. Read the full story #mywabeach #slswa #surflifesaving #wabeaches
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
Elephant Seal now on shoreline at Sorrento Beach. Public is asked to stay cautious. Photo courtesy @Matt_Tinney http://t.co/BWjbLzE4qv
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Surf Life Saving WA
4 years
⚠️ On any given day there are more than 17,000 rips on Australian beaches, like this one pictured at Bunker Bay in our south west. Would you know what to do if you were caught in a rip? Make sure you know your options! 🌊 To find out more, visit
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
The great thing about WA is its always Summer somewhere. Here is a pic from our new Broome LG Service.
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
A photo taken of Indjinup Point earlier this morning courtesy of SW Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/6GoZetBHtj
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
There aren't just Lifesavers down at #Aussies2014 . The Westpac Lifesaver Heli spotted this pod of dolphins! http://t.co/tT5SR5fKT1
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
The Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter has found the two divers that went missing off Bunbury this afternoon.
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Getting dark along the coast! This photo taken prior to Sorrento Beach closing. http://t.co/OzUDwANSfG
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Surf Life Saving WA
6 years
Do you know what a rip looks like? This video shows how rips form and how you can identify them. Find out more at #dontrisktherip #beachsafe #slswa
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
A Whale and its Calf off Rottnest Island earlier today. Picture courtesy of the Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter. http://t.co/nftOh5PSZI
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
Lone #surfer at the main break in Yallingup. 📷 #WestpacLifeSaverHeli over #Yallingup
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Surf Life Saving WA
9 years
Lifeguards are currently on patrol at Cottesloe Beach. Beach‐goers reminded: stay SunSmart at the beach.
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Dear Perth, Is this where you'd rather be today? Love from #citybeachlifeguards #swimbetweentheflags http://t.co/99E4wBuHFH
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
🏖️ Who else is counting down the days until summer? 🙋‍♂️🙋 📸: #WestpacLifeSaverHeli over #SmithsBeach #slswa #AustraliasSouthWest #myWAbeach #summer
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
#Aussies2014 has concluded after a great week of competition.Thanks to all the competitors, officials and spectators! http://t.co/tQdj3JaeQ9
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter took this photo of surfers at Secret Harbour paddling near rip currents this morning http://t.co/punD2EeFnj
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
#MantaRay spotted by our #WestpacLifeSaverHeli over #BunkerBay on the weekend!
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Surf Life Saving WA
9 years
Westpac Lifesaver helicopter on patrol at the Rottnest Channel Swim #rottoswim
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Quite a bit was happening off our coast yesterday. The Westpac crew got a frendly wave from these guys off Rottnest. http://t.co/UgZseDo4Vb
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Still lots of salmon along the coast. We reckon this surfer wishes he had a line to cast! http://t.co/TQrfjGmUB5
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Surf Life Saving WA
7 years
Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter has cleared swimmers from the water after sighting this guy. #WestpacLifesaverHeli #CityBeach @WAGovNews @Davekellymp
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Surf Life Saving WA
4 years
⚡ Here's a ripper from the archives. Our coastline is spectacular whatever the season! #slswa #ThrowbackThursday #WinterInPerth #myWAbeach
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
From where you'd rather be... 😍 📷 #WestpacLifeSaverHeli over #InjidupBeach
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Surf Life Saving WA
8 years
Sparkling blue water at Carnac Island. The Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter patrols Perth metro beaches everyday! #myWAbeach
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Surf Life Saving WA
11 years
Surf Lifesavers ensured the safety of over 300 swimmers for the Cottesloe Classic Mile this morning. http://t.co/eHpfyxn0e8
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Surf Life Saving WA
9 years
The storm to ruin a glorious week is rolling in. This water spout was spotted on the horizon off City Beach. http://t.co/Zdumygi9SN
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Surf Life Saving WA
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⚠️This leopard seal is a long way from home! Sighted between City Beach & Floreat in recent days, he is currently being monitored by @WAParksWildlife , as well as our Lifeguard patrols. He may look cute, but please don't approach if you see him, he is dangerous! #slswa #myWAbeach
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4 years
The waiting game... 🏄‍♂️ 📷: #WestpacLifeSaverHeli
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Surf Life Saving WA
3 years
#Dolphins cruising through the big blue 🐬 📷 #WestpacLifeSaverHeli
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
Public report 3m tiger shark sighted Cottesloe Beach, Perth Metro. sighted 15:45hrs 15/01
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
The eagle-eyed crew of the Westpac Heli not only found a missing vessel this morning but also spotted these guys! http://t.co/RTY3mxqceG
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Surf Life Saving WA
7 years
"At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Remember to swim at patrolled beaches
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Surf Life Saving WA
6 years
Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter sighted this Sunfish at North Cottesloe this morning. It has been enjoying the area for the last few days. Visit to find your locally patrolled beach this season🌞🏖️
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Surf Life Saving WA
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A pod of dolphins the #WestpacLifesaverHeli spotted as they flew over to Rottnest Island this morning. #myWAbeach #slswa
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Surf Life Saving WA
10 years
There’s a storm coming, Harry. And we all best be ready when she does. #perthstorms #staysafe http://t.co/WCPpQULd4C http://t.co/txLdx1qZXH
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