About this event
Pool to Beach is a family water-safety weekend at The Portsea Camp, helping children and parents or carers build confidence moving from pool swimming to beaches and bays.
From Pool Confidence to Beach Confidence
The program is designed for families who want practical skills, knowledge and confidence around Australian beaches and bays. Families attend, stay, learn and participate together, with parents and carers involved alongside their children so the learning can continue after the weekend.
Across the weekend, participants explore the important differences between pool swimming and open water. Sessions cover waves, tides, currents, rip currents, safe swimming areas, emergency response and surf lifesaving skills, with activities adapted to confidence, ability and conditions on the day.
Weekend Activities
- Understanding waves, tides, currents and rip currents
- Learning where and how to swim safely
- Practical surf lifesaving and emergency-response skills
- Snorkelling and building confidence in open water
- Guided kayaking in calm conditions
- Exploring rock pools, coastal environments and marine life
- Family connection, shared meals and relaxed camp activities
Who It Suits
Pool to Beach is suited to families whose children are confident in a pool but have limited open-water experience, families wanting to better understand beach and ocean safety, new Australians who may be unfamiliar with Australian beach conditions, and parents or carers who want practical knowledge to help keep children safer around the water.
Pool swimming ability is required, but no prior ocean experience is needed. Activities are supportive and designed to let participants build confidence at their own pace.
Stay, Meals and Inclusions
Family tickets include private ensuite accommodation at The Portsea Camp, meals throughout the weekend, the full Pool to Beach activity program and a shared weekend experience for the whole family. Places are strictly limited to 24 families.
Tickets and Participation
Scholarship family tickets are listed at $200 per family, with early bird and full fee family tickets also available for families of 2, 3 or 4 people. Children under 5 attend free, and additional family members can be added for families larger than four. Use the contact options on this event page for booking and enquiry details.
Safety and Supervision
Water-based activities are led and supervised by experienced instructors and Portsea Surf Lifesaving professionals, with safety equipment and water-based activity gear provided where required. As this is a family participation program, parents and carers remain responsible for supervising and caring for their children throughout the weekend, including outside scheduled activities.
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