The World Life Saving (WLS) was founded for the purpose of establishing educational marine safety and aquatic programmes on a people-to-people basis. It was constituted on 24 March 1971 in Cronulla – Australia (New South Wales). The final approval of the Constitution came into effect on the 14th June 1977.The founding members of World Life Saving were: Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America.By 1994, WLS represented more than 20 full member national life saving organisations.