Karekare Surf Life Saving Club

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WellDone to patrol 2 who were on duty yesterday and responded to three people stuck on the rocks trying to traverse from...
11/01/2026

Well
Done to patrol 2 who were on duty yesterday and responded to three people stuck on the rocks trying to traverse from Mercer Bay to karekare.
The team responded with the RWC and IRB and extracted two people off the rocks at the entrance to the cauldron.
The third person was airlifted by rescue helicopter with a broken leg and transported to hospital.
It was great team work in some challenging sea conditions but a great outcome for those involved.

Congratulations to our newest lifeguard at Karekare Hazel who has a foot in two camps as her Mum patrols for Karekare an...
21/12/2025

Congratulations to our newest lifeguard at Karekare Hazel who has a foot in two camps as her Mum patrols for Karekare and her Dad for Bethells. So no doubt we will see Hazel between the flags at both beaches. Well done Hazel from all the team at Karekare and thanks to NR for their support.

Welcome to our Paid Lifeguards at Karekare who started on Monday. We are very fortunate to have our Ben who will be PC ...
16/12/2025

Welcome to our Paid Lifeguards at Karekare who started on Monday. We are very fortunate to have our Ben who will be PC throughout the entire season so I know you'll all pop down and say hi and welcome the guards from other beaches and overseas.

Patrol hours for Paid guards are:

Mon 15/12 - Thurs 05/02/26 11am -7pm

volunteers are:

Saturday and Sunday 11am - 5pm till the end of February and then we go back to shoulder season hours of 11am - 4pm.

A reminder the beach has some dangerous rips running at the moment so please always swim between the flags when the guards are on duty.

Congratulations to our newest lifeguards at Karekare who qualified at Red Beach on Saturday 13 December. We look forwar...
15/12/2025

Congratulations to our newest lifeguards at Karekare who qualified at Red Beach on Saturday 13 December. We look forward to seeing these young guards in their yellow and red between the flags soon. Special thanks to their families for getting them along to the training, their instructors Steve, Hannah and Oscar. Well done Grace, Orlo, Mara and Georgiana.

the 13th was a busy day, we also had a team of 7 at Muriwai completing their IRB crewpersons module. Thanks to the team of drivers, examiners and instructors. Especially Rob, Shay, Jim and Fraser. Congrats to Hayley, Tara, Callan, Laura, Sabine, Sebastian and Kasim.

Well done to our patrol this weekend who had a very busy Sunday. With 76 juniors on the beach they responded to a medica...
08/12/2025

Well done to our patrol this weekend who had a very busy Sunday. With 76 juniors on the beach they responded to a medical emergency in the carpark of a young boy and dealt with him in the first aid room until the ambulance arrived.

At the same time we were hosting a finishing school for our rookies who will sit their exam next week.

Well done to patrol 2 for managing the beach well, particularly with difficult sea conditions at the moment.

Karekare is running a number of rips and swimming is not advised unless lifeguards are on duty with a flagged area.

Paid lifeguards start Monday 22 December till first week of february and volunteers are on duty 11am-5pm on the weekends at rhe moment.

See you at the beach soon.

Congrats to our rookie swimmers who passed their pool exam tonight. Thx to our instructor Steve and the great support te...
05/12/2025

Congrats to our rookie swimmers who passed their pool exam tonight. Thx to our instructor Steve and the great support team. Also to the examiners for giving up their Friday night! Next stop red beach for the beach exam next weekend!

18/11/2025

Great work by our off duty lifeguards yesterday who rescued a couple of boogie boards in the evening who got caught in a very nasty rip. Thanks to the surfing crew who are members who assisted. Remember, if you see someone in trouble first thing call 111, ask for Police and they will task local lifeguards.

We still have one month till Paid Lifeguards start at Karekare so we recommend people only swim during the flags on the weekend. Paid guards are on duty at Muriwai and Piha from this week.

Patrols getting underway today until Easter. Thank you to our volunteers in patrol 1 for giving up your labour weekend....
24/10/2025

Patrols getting underway today until Easter. Thank you to our volunteers in patrol 1 for giving up your labour weekend.
In other news congrats to all our guards who attended our mass refresher last weekend. Was an awesome turnout and we all enjoyed the gourmet bbq afterwards. Feedback from young and old was it was fantastic to be back on the beach, even in big surf conditions! Thanks to our assessor’s too.
Also congrats to Dave Wade and Neil Grundy out two new RWC probbies!!
So lots happening already… see you between the flags soon!

Congratulations to our newest Life Member Shawn Wanden-Hannay. After more than 30 years of patrolling Karekare beach an...
02/09/2025

Congratulations to our newest Life Member Shawn Wanden-Hannay. After more than 30 years of patrolling Karekare beach and holding many esteemed roles in the club the club is delighted to bestow this honour upon Shawn!
Shawn shared the celebration with his fellow clubbies at our annual AGM and prize giving as well as his family, all of whom are lifeguards.

Karekare had a great table of club achievements at the Northern Region Awards of Excellence held at Shed 10 on Saturday ...
28/07/2025

Karekare had a great table of club achievements at the Northern Region Awards of Excellence held at Shed 10 on Saturday night.
Congratulations to our winners:

Eti Eves - Powercraft Officer of the Year

Andy Shaw - Distinguished Service Award
Andy Shaw - Northern Region Life Membership

Service Awards for:
Mike Mulcahy
David Munro
Valasi Eves
Clyde Strickett
Eti Eves

We also submitted applications for Instructor of the Year for Oscar Chaafe and Junior Surf Instructor for Steve Hart, unfortunately they were not picked as finalists but I know as a club we understand and appreciate the huge effort they made last season to the development of our young people in Karekare.

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Keeping it real since 1935

Karekare Surf Life Saving Club has an unequalled record in New Zealand for keeping the beach safe. The club ensures that visitors to this beautiful and wild west coast beach can swim, surf, fish and play, knowing that help is at hand – should things go wrong.

The lives of visitors aren’t the only lives influenced by this iconic club. Over the years, literally hundreds of lives have been changed in some way as a result of their participation in Karekare Surf Life Saving Club. The club helps mould future leaders. It provides opportunities to grow and learn and thrive. It provides people with unique challenges and builds within them the tools to turn those challenges into life-long strengths.

No-one leaves Karekare untouched, and everyone who associates with our club has been enriched in some way by the experience.