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Welcome to the official FB page for Taylors Mistake Surf Life Saving Club. Website:

https://www.taylorsmistake.com/

Taylors Mistake Beach is a popular, picturesque bay south of Sumner in Christchurch, New Zealand. Renowned for its clean clear water, secluded location and good surf, the beach is very popular during the hot summer months. For current information on beach safety please visit: https://safeswim.org.nz/bp/32120947

05/12/2025

| Seal of approval | 🟢⚫️⚪️

We have plenty of lifeguards, but this wee seal wanted to join in the action. Department of Conservation are aware of our special visitor and have advice on being around seals.

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🦭 Leave seals alone

DOC takes a ‘hands off’ approach to seals. They are capable and resilient and given time and space, they usually find their way home.

Don't feed seals as they can become reliant on humans for food.

Seals are wild animals and will defend themselves if they feel threatened. Adult seals can move surprisingly quickly on land. While they can look harmless, seals can inflict serious injuries to dogs or people and can carry infectious diseases.

It is an offence under the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 to disturb, harass, harm, injure or kill a seal. A dog owner whose dog attacks a seal could face prosecution.

⚠️ Safety guidelines when watching seals

You should:

stay at least 20 m away
don’t disturb seals by making loud noises or throwing things
KEEP DOGS AND CHILDREN AWAY
don’t feed the seals
never attempt to touch a seal.

📸 photo Clubbie

04/12/2025

| International Volunteer Day | 🟢⚫️⚪️

Surf life saving happens because of
VOLUNTEERS 👏🏼

From life savers on the beach, to: sport coaches, managers, transportation, fundraising, administration, training, sausage sizzlers, equipment maintenance, gear ordering, venue coordination, first aid, health and safety, wellness, peer support, duty officers, search and rescue, parent help, junior surf, senior sport, building maintenance, officials, event organisation, locals helping out….
Phew! The list goes on!

It all happens because of YOU
Our local community and those who choose to belong to Taylors Mistake Surf Life Saving Club. Without you, none of the magic happens.

Thank you for those who volunteered in the past, your legacy continues at Taylors Mistake. To the current Clubbies and community - ngā mihi for your māhi as we continue to look after the locals and visitors to the beach. For the future generations, please consider volunteering in any capacity to help keep our community safe and develop your own skillsets!

Enjoy the hot sunny day ahead and stay safe out there.

📍 Taylors Mistake SLSC

🌊 Low tide 11:20 | High tide 5:24pm

🌡️ Water temp: 17 degrees

☀️ Daily high: 28 degrees by mid afternoon

💨 Wind: swinging to a NW

SLSNZ | Southern Region 🟨🟥

30/11/2025

| Mount Monster | 🟢⚫️⚪️

No, it’s not the name of an energy drink but it is the name of a pretty epic event run up at Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service 🌊

The ‘Mount Monster is New Zealand's most prestigious surf lifesaving endurance race’. Taylors Mistake SLSC had five ‘and a half’ Clubbies competing in the Mount Monster over the past week at Mount Manganui.

The Mount Monster is a multi disciplinary event, with a ski leg (12km), a swim (1.5km), a beach run (5 km) and board (6km). We had a men’s team made up of Joe Hall, Tiago Chamberlain, William Simmons and Taylor Chamberlain. Dan Shields competed as an individual (yes – he did all disciplines!) and our “half member” was Fletcher Moles – who is a training partner at Taylors and competed as an individual for his fantastic East End Surf Life Saving Club. 🟡🔴⚫️

Amazing results for all, with the men’s team WINNING the men’s teams event! 🥇
Dan Shields got 3rd in the individual masters, 🥉 and Fletcher put in a massive shift in the open men’s individual. 🙌🏼

The world is also pretty small with the Masters winner being Takehiro Horibe from Japan 🇯🇵 – an athlete that in the past has had summers staying in Christchurch and being coached by Green Machine coach Dave Smith.

We couldn’t be prouder of all these athletes.⚡️Great to see you leading by example.

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26/11/2025

| Growing great life guards | 🟢⚫️⚪️

There’s only ONE more training session left for our future lifeguards before their exams, so we threw them in with a round robin stations session with a bonus guest speaker at the end.

A big thank you ngā mihi to Harrison Reid for popping back in to your old Club to share some learnings and experiences with our future life savers. An important message he shared was about the capabilities and skill sets life saving teaches you that we can utilise across many aspects of our lives. When we say in it for life - it might not be in between the flags, but those skills are for life!

Good luck to all the future life savers across Canterbury Waitaha for your upcoming exams and thanks to SLSNZ | Southern Region for organising the HUGE numbers this coming week or two with their tests.

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Surf Life Saving New Zealand

25/11/2025

| The countdown is on ⚡️| 🟢⚫️⚪️

The countdown is on - not for Father Christmas just yet, but our annual Taylors Mistake SLSC K Day competition!

Add it to your calendar now, and start crossing those fingers and toes for a sunny day, clear skies and the perfect waves.

📆 Saturday 20 December

📍 Taylors Mistake Surf Life Saving Club

🌊 Competition details to come

👀 Keep an eye out for more deets to drop on prizes

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SLSNZ | Southern Region

24/11/2025

| Taste Tester | 🟢⚫️⚪️

Ngā mihi and thanks to SLSNZ | Southern Region staff and all the volunteers who helped to make the Junior / Youth Development day a growing success!

This day offers our junior Clubbies a safe opportunity to learn and develop in a non competitive environment, giving tamariki and rangatahi a chance to gain skills before they start competing in surf sports if they choose.

Thanks to the friends and family who support our youth in their Surf Life Saving journey - from packing gear, to transport, running arenas and coaching, it all adds up to the success of keeping our juniors active and participating! We’ll be back again next Season 🤙🏼

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Saving lives between the flags can start here - educating the next generation 🙌🏼

21/11/2025

| Cracking day! | 🟢⚫️⚪️

Cantabs - it’s a terrific day to go to Taylors Mistake. It’s currently 29 degrees and the waves are mint 🤙🏼

Paid guard (regional paid lifeguard service) is not on patrol yet and neither are our weekend volunteer patrols. Please stick to your comfort zone and skill level, there are a lot of rips today!

From mid afternoon, Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust is training with some of our Sumner Taylors Search and Rescue team, doing some winch training - enjoy the views!

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17/11/2025

| Help is at hand | 🟢⚫️⚪️

Thank you to those who helped out with a rescue in the waters at Taylors Mistake today. We appreciate locals, Clubbies, on the water helpers, the local Sumner Volunteer Fire Brigade, Hato Hone St John and Canterbury Police helping out when needed.

A reminder:

🙋‍♀️ If someone needs help in the water dial 111 if lifeguards aren’t on patrol,

📱 Ask for Police -
other agencies will co-respond as required.

⛑️ A public AED is outside our gear sheds attached to the wall in a yellow lockbox. 111 have the code to give you to get into it.

🛟 There is a public rescue device on the beach to help - assist ONLY if you feel safe and confident to do so.

🚑 Please leave room for emergency vehicles to gain access in the area

🚁 Keep the helicopter landing zone area free in the grass overflow car park please.

🌊 Our beach is a great place, if it’s a hot day without a lifeguard patrol, stick to your limits in the water

SLSNZ | Southern Region 🟨🟥

13/11/2025

| Show up for a Show Day sausage | 🟢⚫️⚪️

If you’re out and about tomorrow, members from the Taylors Mistake SLSC IRB racing team are at Mitre 10 MEGA Ferrymead running a sausage sizzle fundraiser!

📍Mitre 10 MEGA Ferrymead

⏰ 9am until 4pm

💵 Cash sales

🍞 Fundraising for IRB competition travel costs

Every little bit helps. So if you’re planning on being around on Show Day and need some sustenance and supplies from our local Mitre 10 New Zealand head on down!

06/11/2025

| Between the flags | 🟢⚫️⚪️

ONE SLEEP TO GO
Until volunteer patrols are on our most popular beaches in the Christchurch Ōtautahi area.

From 11am until 5pm our lifeguards patrol the flags and beach for your safety so you can enjoy the area! Please swim between the flags. 🔴🟡

⛑️ We have a well stocked first aid room - if you injure yourself on the beach please visit us and we’ll help you out the best we can.

🌊 Come and talk to us about tides, rips and the weather - check the conditions board as you approach the beach

📍 Lost and found? Some items at the beach get handed in to our Club house, if you can describe the item we can help you out if it’s been handed in. We also have a notebook to jot down lost items we might find. There is a metal detector for those precious awol keys and jewellery items.

What you can expect at your visit to Taylors Mistake beach:

🚿 Public showers, toilets and changing facilities provided by the Council by the car parking area;

💧 A drinking fountain for you and your dog by the changing area

🛝 A play ground area and picnic tables between the car parking area and the hills / walking tracks

🚙 Disabled car parking spaces (two by the changing facilities) and one by the Club house

🚘 Car parking - the area has received a refurbish by the Council. Parking space is in demand on hot days so please drive slowly and park wisely!

🚁 Near the grass car parking over flow area is a designated helicopter landing zone - please keep this free for emergencies, emergency services occasionally have difficulty getting into the area so the access for helicopters is super useful.

🚑 Keep the yellow line area clear by the Club house for emergency access.

🍦 The local ice cream truck has cold treats and drinks available for purchase

02/11/2025

| Ready to launch | 🟢⚫️⚪️

Junior Surf has kicked off with our biggest group of Junior Clubbies! Thank you parents, helpers, family and friends for your assistance today. Then we had lifeguard training for our future life savers followed by a meeting for our Patrol / Vice Patrol captains so we’re ready to launch our first patrols of the season next weekend!

Christchurch Ōtautahi many of your favourite beaches start their patrols next weekend -
Saturday 8 November is our first volunteer patrol for the season. From 11am - 5pm volunteer lifeguards are at Taylors Mistake on Saturdays and Sundays keeping you safe between the flags 🟥🟨

🩲 Dig out the togs and wetsuit

🕶️ Slip slop slap wrap

🍦 Grab that ice cream at Berry Cone Ice-cream

🔴🟡 Swim between the flags

The countdown is on!

01/11/2025

| Clubbies | 🟢⚫️⚪️

🏃🏻‍♀️ The Boulder Bay Classic is on tomorrow morning, bringing lots of extra bodies 🏃‍♂️ and cars into the area. Be mindful with your Junior Surf Clubbies in the car park area as it could be busier than usual.

⚠️ There could be some cones / markers / signs on the beach, please leave those where they are and the Boulder Bay Classic crew will tidy up once they’re finished.

☕️ As an added bonus, they’ve arranged for a coffee cart so if you deserve a reward for hustling everyone out of the house on a Sunday morning with ALL the gear you’ll need in tow - you’ll find Cafe Roma coffee cart available in the back field.

👉🏼 Remember the Value Plus Meats BBQ
for after Junior Surf and your coins to pay for it

👉🏼 Trainee lifeguard training 1pm - 3pm

👉🏼 PC / VPC meeting tomorrow evening

👉🏼 Keep the orders coming in for our new Club gear

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Address

Taylors Mistake Road
Christchurch
8081

Telephone

+64275316533

Website

http://www.taylorsmistake.com/

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