For all your surfing needs, Tynemouth Surf Co offers a 10% discount to NSVL members. Just show your membership card when paying.

Visit the shop at Palace Buildings above Tynemouth Longsands beach or online at www.tynemouthsurf.co.uk (you must visit the shop in person to get the discount).

Members Area

Welcome to the members area of the web site.

Here you can find all the information you need about the club, training sessions and social events.

You can see the latest news, training sessions status, upcoming social events, meetings, lifeguard cover required and dates for your diary on any page of the web site on the yellow bar to the right hand side of the page >.

Remember, pool and beach sessions run every Sunday afternoon (including school holidays and Easter Sunday) except Christmas and during pool closures (as notified on this web site).

• Members News
• Downloads and Important Information
• Committee and Minutes of Meetings
• Clothing and Merchandise
• Training Times (Beach and Pool)
• Travel Directions

Beach Base

Every Sunday afternoon 12.30pm-4.30pm, Central Lower Promenade, Whitley Bay.

All members welcome.

• Beach Lifeguards - wet and dry training (resus, first aid, theory, open water rescue skills)
• Pool Lifeguards - dry training (resus, first aid, theory etc).
• Adult/Junior Lifesavers - dry training (resus, first aid, water safety), wet training (open water swimming and rescue skills where supervised by lifeguards).
• Rookies - dry training only, except for organised beach sessions.

Contact Lifeguard Captain Dave Bedford on 07716 838 953 for more information. Beach base phone 0191 200 8639 on Sunday afternoons.

To arrange access to the beach base at other times for informal training (wet or dry) contact Dave or any other member of the Committee. To book the facility or equipment for official courses contact the Equipment Officer Grahame Wood on 07737 642 784.

Pool Sessions, Whitley Bay Leisure Pool

• Rookies - Sundays 4.50-6.00pm*
• Junior Lifesavers - Sundays 4.50pm-7.00pm
• Adult Lifesaving, Lifeguards and Swimming - Sundays 5.50-7.00pm

Structured ongoing training available for pool/beach lifeguards during adult session. Adult Lifesaving Awards courses run as required. Swimming lane available at all times.

* Lifeguards, teachers, assistants and other helpers required during Rookies. Assist in any capacity during the Rookies and get free pool entry!

Travel Directions

Whitley Bay is on the North-East coast of England, approximately 9 miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Launch Multi Map link .

By road from outside the area: From the south, take A1 and head into Newcastle, then find A1058 Coast Road and follow signs for Whitley Bay. Alternatively, take the A19 through the Tyne Tunnel and continue until the Whitley Bay slip road and follow signs to Whitley Bay.

From the north, turn off A1 onto A19 / follow A19 south and turn off at Whitley Bay slip road and follow signs to Whitley Bay.

Once you reach the sea front, turn right and the Leisure Pool is immediately to your right. For NSVL HQ continue along sea front until just beyond the white Spanish City Dome, turn right at traffic lights and immediate right to get into car park behind Spanish City.

On foot, cross back over to sea front and look for the white CCTV mast where there are steps down onto the promenade. You will see a red lifeguard tower and we are a little bit further along the promenade.

By train/coach: Alight train or coach at Newcastle, take Metro to Whitley Bay. From Whitley Bay Metro head straight down to sea front and turn left, continue along sea front and go down ramp onto Central Lower Promenade opposite the Rex Hotel. NSVL HQ is at the other end of this promenade.

NSVL Headquarters, Units 20-22, Lower Promenade, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, NE26 1AN
Postal address above is for location finding only. Do not send post to this address.
Launch Street Map Link (arrow shows location of NSVL on Lower Promenade)

From north: Keep travelling along A193 sea front road until just beyond Spanish City Dome, turn right at traffic lights and immediate right to get into car park behind Spanish City. Parking free.

From south: Travel along A193 sea front road past Rex Hotel and New Royal Hotel. Turn left at traffic rights and immediate right to get to car park behind Spanish City. Parking free.

From car park on foot, cross back over to sea front and look for the white CCTV mast where there are steps down onto the promenade. You will see a red lifeguard tower and we are a little bit further along the promenade.
Bus service: 308, 301, 310 - bus stop outside Avenue Pub.
Nearest Metro: Monkseaton/Whitley Bay.

Whitley Bay Leisure Pool, The Links, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, NE26 1TQ
Postal address above is for location finding only. Do not send post to this address.
Launch Street Map Link (arrow shows the Leisure Pool)

From north: take A193 sea front road beyond St Mary's Lighthouse turn off, shortly after the road changes to single carriageway there is a roundabout, continue straight across the roundabout and immediately turn right into the Leisure Pool. Parking free.

From south: continue along sea front road beyond Spanish City until just before you reach a roundabout and turn left into Leisure Pool. Parking free.

Bus service: 308, 301, 310 bus stop outside pool/after Links car park if travelling from Blyth.
Nearest Metro: Monkseaton.