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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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

08/08/2025

https://mailchi.mp/6a46fbdc8a0f/the-trusts-karekare-surf-club-newsletter The Trusts Karekare Surf Club newsletter, Winter edition of the Cauldron

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.

23/06/2025

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Geoge Taua, of Te Kawerau Maki.

Sir Bob was honoured to be part of the farewell and Tangi representing our Club. As mentor and Kaumatua "Uncle George " George Taua was a most respected and deeply loved friend of the Karekare surf Club.

Bob was seated at the huge tangi as our club's senior elder and represented The Karekare Community.

George was part of our rebuilding programme, he advised us on our Pou Carvers and after much thought gave the building its Maori name Kaha Ropi.

Haere atu rā, e koro
ki te paepae o Matariki
o Rehua
Haere atu rā

Farewell, old man
Go to the threshold of Matariki,
of Rehua
Farewell

27/05/2025

The season might be closed but it is great to see our young people getting involved in the YDC camp in the last holidays. Awesome to see our young members take advantage of these wonderful opportunities SLS provides. Thanks to all the organisers and camp leaders!

25/04/2025

Congratulations to our newest lifeguard Tara who completed her award yesterday. Congrats and we look forward to seeing you on patrol next season

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Karekare Beach
Auckland
0772

Website

https://www.karekaresurfclub.org.nz/

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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.