Background/purpose
Surfing and swimming are two popular outdoor aquatic activities in Australia with an estimated 2.7 million surfers and three million swimmers however, these activities are associated with intermittent exposure to ultraviolet radiation which is causal to skin cancer development. Our aim was to determine point prevalence of pre-skin cancer (actinic keratosis (PSC)), non-melanoma (NMSC) and melanoma skin cancers (MSC) in Australian surfers and swimmers.