2026 Upcoming Competitions & Events

Upcoming Competitions - 2025-2026

  • Nov 23 - Dec 1st, 2025 - Orange Cup  – Rotterdam, Netherlands (National Team Athletes)

  • Feb 7th and 8th, 2026 - YMCA Invitational, Seaton, AB - (All ages) All athletes can win medals 

    • Begin Training for Sun Run

  • March 16 - 25th - PSA/PLC Training Camp

    • High Performance Team Training - Jnr & Snr.

    • Also Blue and Bronze.

  • March 27 - 29, 2026 - Alberta Pool Provincials – Edmonton – Kinsman - (All Ages). No medals for BC athletes.

    • Fri – SERC; Sat am and pm – older; Sun pm and am – younger 

  • April 19th, 2026 - BC Pool Provincials Richmond, BCTeam Event - Sun Run (Replaces Pool Provincials)

  • May 4th - Begin Surfski Kayak and Dryland Training

  • May 9th - Introductory Prone Paddleboard Course (8 weeks - indoors)

  • May 29 – 31, 2026CPLCs (Canadian Pool Lifesaving Championships) Laval Quebec 

  • June – Aug, 2026 - PSA/PLC – Summer Series - Jericho Sailing Centre Sprint Racing Series (Rescue Board & Surfski Kayak) 

    • Thursday nights and Saturday mornings 

  • July 22-26, 2026 - BC Summer Games, Kelowna, BC (Kayak and Paddlesport - selection U16) 

  • July 24/25, 2026 - Barnsley Rescue Competition, Whitehorse Yukon 

  • Aug 7-9th, 2026 - BC Surf Provincials  - Kits Beach 

  • Aug 10th - 20th, 2026 - SURF TRAINING CAMP - NOVA SCOTIA

  • Aug 21-23, 2026 - CSLCs (Canadian Surf Lifesaving Championships, Nova Scotia 

  • Sept 7th - The Second Annual PSA/PLC Summer Showdown, – Vancouver, BC 

  • November 25 – December 13, 2026Lifesaving World Championships https://lifesaving2026.com/ Port Elizabeth – Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa 

Important Links:

Alberta Competition Listhttps://www.lifesaving.org/lifesaving-sport/sport-season/competition-schedule

BC Competition List: Coming Soon 

National Competition List:https://www.lifesavingsociety.com/lifesaving-sport/competition/canadian-championships.aspx

International Competition List:https://sport.ilsf.org/calendar

May 9 - 11

Canadian Pool Lifesaving Championships
Windsor, Ontario

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July 1

Canada Day Open Water Swim
Sasamat Lake, Port Moody, BC

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Aug 16

Kits Open Water Challenge
Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, BC

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Aug 22 - 24

Canadian Surf Lifesaving Championships
Martinique/Rainbow Haven, Nova Scotia

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Nov 27 - 30

International Surf Rescue Challenge
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand

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Aug 24

Oceanfest / SUP challenge
Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC

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Nov 27 - 30

International Surf Rescue Challenge
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand

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Sept 5th

PSA/PLC Summer Showdown

Jericho Sailing Centre, Vancouver, BC

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