The Referee or Sectional Referee shall decide whether events shall be conducted in heats, rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals or straight out finals. Unless directly approved by the Competition Committee or the Referee, the numbers in any individual or team event shall not generally exceed the following, taking into account safety aspects and the conditions:
- Belt Races (9 individuals)
- Rescue Tube Races (9 individuals)
- Rescue Tube Rescue Races (9 teams)
- Surf Race (32 individuals)
- Surf Teams Races (40 individuals)*
- Run Swim Run (32 individuals)
- Wading Race or any variations (16 individuals or teams)
- Surf Boat Races (7 crews)
- Surf Boat Relay Races (9 crews)
- Board Races, Ski Races (16 individuals or teams)
- Board Rescue (9 teams)
- Surf Board Riding (6 individuals or teams)
- Ironman/Ironwoman, Taplin Relay (16 individuals or teams)
- Cameron Relay (16 teams)
- Ocean M, Ocean M Lifesaver Relay (24 individuals or teams)
- Ironman/Ironwoman Eliminator (24 individuals or teams)
- Lifesaver Relay (9 teams)
- Beach Sprints, Beach Relay (10 individuals or teams)
- Beach Flags (16 individuals) (8 in finals)
- Beach Run, Beach Run Relay (40 individuals or teams)
- IRB Events (9 teams)
- Pool Events: Refer Section 11
Note: Refer also to Section 3 for the Champion Patrol Surf Teams Race