2022
The club celebrated its 75th Anniversary
2020
Awarded the QLD Junior and Youth Development Club of the Year
2017
Miami Beach was awarded the SCB Nipper Club of the Year
2009
Piccolo’s Café was established after club renovations were completed.
1997
The club celebrated its 50th anniversary
1990
Miami's Nipper Program was introduced.
1989
Miami “Tower 21” was established.
1984
Females were included into the Constitution.
1980
First Club Championships and purchase of an IRB.
1973
Miami hosted the first MNM (originally called Three-Point) carnival.
1953
Official opening of the first permanent clubhouse, constructed from brick.
1948
The first clubhouse, constructed from timber and fibro, was established.
1947
Miami Beach Surf Life Saving Club was founded by six members from Southport SLSC. Another five members joined its first Bronze Medallion Course.
OUR HISTORY
The Miami Beach Surf Life Saving Club was officially formed on 16th March 1947 and founded by six men from Southport SLSC. Another five men joined the first Bronze squad, run over the Easter weekend of 1947, to bring Miami’s first season membership to a total of 11. They are the foundation members. The Miami surf club has grown significantly since then, from a timber shack supporting 10, to a cohort of 600 who recently celebrated its 70th Anniversary. Miami has always been one of the smaller clubs on the Gold Coast, and one with a proud history of cultivating a family-oriented environment. Its no-gaming-machine policy has enabled the club to focus, fully, on its members and is one of the reasons that our Nipper program is so strong. The club, in the last 10 years, has seen only 175 rescues, yet over 9,000 preventative actions and this is a testament to the calibre of lifesavers who call the Miami Beach Surf Life Saving Club their home.