Master the Surf Zone with
Precision & Seamanship
Welcome to the digital training command for Surf Life Saving Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) crews. Practice swell management, break-negotiation, dynamic crew trim, and standard rescue courses through interactive browser-based simulators.
Training Modules & Simulators
Select a scenario to launch simulation, telemetry, and drill controls.
Y-Pattern Training Scenario Simulator
Complete interactive simulation of the core SLSA IRB training course. Navigate out through breaking surf, negotiate swell, execute buoy turns, and practice precision patient pickups with weight trim physics.
Straight In & Out: Surf Navigation
Master punch-through techniques for broken white water, punching green faces at 90-degree angles, backing off swells, and matching speed to surf waves back to shore.
Engine & Hull Pre-Flight Protocols
Digital pre-flight checklists and troubleshooting procedures. Fuel cell bladder connection, safety kill switch clip checks, propeller guard clearance, and capsize righting drills.
Key IRB Crewing Principles
Essential rules of thumb when operating in beach and surf environments
Always meet oncoming waves perpendicularly. Taking a breaking wave at an oblique angle or side-on invites broaching and potential capsize.
The crewperson is the dynamic ballast. Shifting weight to the bow pins the nose into incoming swells; shifting aft lifts the bow when running with sea waves.
Approach patients on the crewperson's side into the wind/swell at idle throttle. Never place the spinning propeller between the patient and current.