GLOBAL SURF HEALTH & SAFETY HUB
Surfers save lives.
Start here.
The global platform for Surf Life Support — training a worldwide community to manage medical emergencies in the aquatic environment.
Training the surf community: those who surf, teach, lifeguard, and look after others in the water.
SURFERS EDUCATED
ACTIVE COUNTRIES
Surf First Aid is a free app by Surfing Medicine International that helps surfers, divers, travellers, and ocean users prepare for real surf and ocean emergencies. Learn more
Feature
- Offline access
Full functionality without internet
- Guided Emergency
Structured guides under pressure
- Custom kit builder
Tailored packing checklists
- Training quizzes
Quick surf-safety recall tests
Online Surf Life Support
Interactive online course designed to teach surfers essential lifesaving and CPR skills, specific to the surf environment – practical, evidence-based, and accessible worldwide.
Casualty recognition, board rescue, CPR, emergency priorities. Built for everyday surfers and coaches.
60+ Lessons
Self-paced
60+ Lessons Self-paced
Surf Years Calc App
How much sun and ocean exposure have you really had?
Surf Years Calculator is a free app by Surfing Medicine International that helps calculate lifetime surf exposure using a simple, unified score called Surf Years. Easily track your home and travel surfing habits across different life phases, manage multiple profiles for family or research, and export data securely. Your data stays entirely on your device and is never collected. Learn more
The ‘Surf Years Calculator’ app is available FREE for iPhone and iPad.
Our Friends & Supporters
Environmental
- Plastic Soup Foundation
- Surfrider Foundation Australia
- Surfrider Foundation Porto chapter
- Surfers Against Sewage
Surfing Federations
- World Surf Cities Network
- Surfing Victoria
- Surfing England
- Surfing NZ
- Federação Portuguesa de Surf
- Deutscher Wellenreitverband
- International Olympic Committee
- International Surfing Association
Lifeguarding
- International Life Saving Federation (ILS)
- Royal Life Saving Society Australia
- Surf Life Saving Australia
- SOBRASA
- Surf Life Saving GB
- Lifeguards Without Borders
- Life Saving Victoria
- Lifeguarding.NL
- Irish Tow Surf Rescue Club
Academic
- University of Lisbon, UMF
- Bond University Gold Coast
- University of Otago, Wellington
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Medical Society Austria
- Austrian Sport Medical Association
- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
- Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre
Photo & Media
- TBWA\WorldHealth London
- Jonas “Draws” Claesson
- Video Nomads
- Carve Magazine
- Surf Girl Magazine
- Staccato Films
Support Monthly
Give ongoing support to SMI’s mission to reduce drowning and injury in surf communities worldwide.
€10 / month
Support Annually
Fuel our year-round work reducing drowning and injury in surf communities worldwide.
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Give Once
Make a one-time contribution to support our current projects.
Minimum
€5