The Pool management is in charge of enforcing the weather policy. At the first sound of thunder or sighting of lightning, the Pool and Event/heat must be cleared of people and secured. It is the responsibility of the Meet Director and Pool Management to see that this is done. The Meet Director shall issue instructions for that pool's weather safety procedure. Cancellations/postponements are to be decided by the Parent Rep from each team, the Pool Management, and the Meet Director after a minimum 30-minute delay. At the last sighting of lighting or thunder, a 30-minute waiting period is to be enforced before swimmers may re-enter the water.

If a meet has to be stopped at 10:30pm or later due to weather related issues, and event 44 has not been reached, the meet shall be postponed and will be finished on the agreed rain date.

The League encourages teams to wait out the storm delay and finish the meet. It is easier to wait it out with all officials and workers in place than to schedule another night to come back. Information on storms in the area and the remaining time necessary to complete the meet will be taken into consideration. If a swimmer must leave, notify the coach before doing so. Meets must be rescheduled at the earliest possible date acceptable to all teams. If there are questions, contact a GRAL officer before leaving the pool. Meets must be completed in the scheduled sequence to avoid giving an unfair advantage to any team. In the event of lightning or thunder, as described above, all swimmers and observers will be directed to go to their cars and wait. Notification of delay, rescheduling or resuming of the meet will be made over the PA system as soon as possible.

Our team will use SwimTopia to to communicate with families about weather delays via email and the SwimTopia app. We will also provide frequent updates on our team Facebook page. Please join our private Facebook Group “Wyndham Tidal Waves”.