Marine Rescue Broken Bay

22/01/2026

2025 in review!

22/01/2026

🌊 We’re looking for a Social Media Star!
Love our local waterways? Passionate about community safety? Got a knack for creating vibrant, engaging content?
Our Unit is recruiting for someone who can bring our story to life online — crafting posts that are informative, relevant and full of energy. If you are looking to volunteer a couple of hours a week to a great cause, and know your way around Facebook and Instagram posting, we’d love to have you onboard!
Help us connect with our community and highlight the vital work our volunteers do on the water. DM us now 🛟⚓️⛵️

21/01/2026

Own a boat?
It's time to check your marine flares for expired or unwanted one and safely take them to an approved collection point during January.

This collection program run by Transport for NSW and NSW Maritime provides the boating community with a safe, legal, and accessible way to dispose of marine flares. Marine flares don't go in any household or public bins.

Find your nearest collection pointhttps://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/noindex/2025-11/expired-flare-collection-schedule-january-2026.pdf

21/01/2026

Sometimes the unexpected happens. We were able to help this skipper whose engine started smoking, while he was 18 nm from home. With the engine now safe but not working and the vessel starting to take on water, our volunteers on BB30 towed the vessel back from upper Hawkesbury through Broken Bay and south through Pittwater, whilst the skipper focused on bailing, bilging and trying to plug the water ingress, With contant check-ins ensuring that safety of the boater and vessel remained paramount, we were able to return both safely to home and a local boat repairer. A good result and grateful skipper after 6hrs on the water!

20/01/2026

The weather can look perfect at the ramp, but conditions can change quickly once you’re out on the water.
Before you head off, take a moment to check the forecast for the entire day, not just the morning. Knowing what’s coming can help you plan your trip, avoid rough conditions, and get home safely.
The Marine Rescue NSW app puts weather outlooks and alerts right in your pocket, so you’re never caught off guard.
www.marinerescuensw.com.au/boating-safety/marinerescue-app

19/01/2026

2025 in review: Another record breaking year!
Across 46 bases from Point Danger to Eden and monitoring all the coast in between, our 3500 volunteer first responders are on call 24/7. In 2025 MRNSW attended to 105 maydays, returned nearly 10000 people safely to shore and conducted over 1700 search and rescues in Greater Sydney area alone.
Lessons from 2025? Over 60% of the incidents were fuel, battery or engine issues. So, before you go out next, plan, prepare, including contingency and check your vessel maintenance. Stay safe on the water!

18/01/2026

Stay safe during this wet time 🛟⚓️

13/01/2026

Last Saturday Marine Rescue Broken Bay hosted training for 11 volunteers participating in a State Operations Group vessel induction and marine drills day. The day was spent learning to pack, unpack, setup, launch, steer and maintain the engines of various vessels and launch vehicles. This qualification continues to build on Marine Rescue's flood response capability, in readiness for statewide deployment, if SES/flood rescue conditions require.
Volunteers from inducted the team on the Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) setup and use. Members from Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes inducted trainees on the Multi Purpose Vessel (MPV) and additional volunteers from , participated in what turned out to be a scorchingly hot day! Thanks go to Dave Bowling - MRNSW Capability Manager, who oreganised and ran the event.

12/01/2026

Tip of the week!

😄 If you know who we are, chances are fuel played a part…

Running out of fuel is one of the most common reasons boaters need a helping hand.

We always remind boaters to live by the Rule of 3 👇
One third of your fuel for the trip out
One third for the trip home
One third kept in reserve, just in case

It’s a simple habit that can save you time, stress, and an unexpected call for help.

11/01/2026

You study... you practice.. you repeat drills.. you use every hour of water activity to refine your skills...
Our Marine Rescue volunteers dedicate many hours to not just helping boaters in trouble but to gaining and refreshing skills.
New qualifications are a well deserved outcome of lots of effort. Congratulations David Scharkie on successfully passing your crew operational assessment. Well done!.

05/01/2026

Sometimes the unexpected happens. We were happy to help this family when their engine refused to start after anchoring at the beach, with a falling tide approaching. Smiling faces... safely back at the Marina ⚓🛟🛥️