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2025 Victorian Lifesaving Endurance Championships

Event name:

2025 Victorian Lifesaving Endurance Championships

Date/time of event:

6.00am - 4.00pm Saturday 25th October 2025

Location:

Waters of Port Phillip at Mentone Beach

Details:

PUBLIC NOTICE

DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTION

Parks Victoria as the declared waterway manager for The Local Port of Port Phillip, makes the following declaration under section 203(3) of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic).

For the purposes of boating activity conducted by Life Saving Victoria, persons and vessels involved in the 2025 Victorian Lifesaving Endurance Championships are exempt from the following requirements:

State Rules made under the Marine Act 1988

1. Clause 2(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of a person in the water

2. Clause 2(c) – must not exceed 5 knots within 50 metres of another vessel

3. Clause 4(a) – must not exceed 5 knots within 200 metres of the water’s edge

Waterway Rules made under the Marine Safety Act 2010 / Marine Act 1988

4. Clause 1.2.7 of Schedule 1 – 5 knot speed restriction within 200 meters of water’s edge – East Port Phillip

5. Claude 1.2.9 (a) of schedule 1 – Area prohibited to vessels at Mentone Beach

6. Clause 1.2.12(b) of Schedule 1 – the master of a personal watercraft must not operate the personal watercraft for any purpose other than transiting in the safest most direct course to, or from the shore and/or boat ramp or berthing facility (including a jetty, pier or mooring), whilst operating within designated 5 knot speed restriction zone

Subject to the conditions detailed below:

Masters of competing vessels are only exempt from 2 - 4 & 5 in the above list when competing in the event.
Masters of rescue vessels are only exempt from 1 - 5 and must adhere to speed and distance rules unless undertaking a rescue operation to retrieve persons in distress, provide for their initial medical or other needs and deliver them to a place of safety.
Masters of PWCs are exempt from item 6 for the duration of the event.
Occupants of rescue vessels (including PWCs) involved with the event must wear a lifejacket at all times during the event and vessels must have all prescribed safety equipment, including rescue vessels.
The exemptions apply from 6:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday 25 October 2025 to the persons and vessels participating in the Lifesaving Endurance Champs within the Set Aside waters for the event in the Waters of Port Phillip at Mentone Beach.
The exemptions apply provided the stated safety controls and undertakings detailed in the application form and associated documentation are adhered to.

By order of Parks Victoria

Dated: 10/10/2025

By order of Parks Victoria
Dated: 10/10/25