Club Details
- secretary@karekaresurfclub.org.nz
- Website
- http://www.karekaresurfclub.org.nz
- Phone
- 098128871
- Contact
- Teresa Harvey
- 09 8148760
Addresses
Physical
34 Watchmans Road
Karekare 0772
Postal
34 Watchmans Road
RD 2
New Lynn
Karekare 0772
Club Overview
The Karekare Surf Life Saving Patrol maintains an active patrol at the beach in the weekends and on public holidays from Labour Weekend to Easter each year. During this season, Lifeguards provide a voluntary service that is mainly preventative in nature, encouraging beach users to swim in the safer regions of the beach (i.e., between the flags). However, lifeguards also respond to a wide variety of emergency situations.
The duties lifeguards at Karekare perform include: providing a patrolled area for swimmers, preventing people from getting into trouble by educating them about the surf and its dangers, rescuing fisherman, surfers and swimmers who get into difficulties, searching for missing persons and administering first aid and advanced emergency care, attending after hours call-outs, and protecting the shellfish beds. TheKKSLSP also runs a Junior Surf Programme for children aged from 7 to 14 years. In this programme children learn basic lifeguarding skills in a safe and fun environment.
Club Roles
- Administrator:
- Teresa Harvey
- Buildings Coordinator:
- Eric Davis
- Chairperson:
- Andy Shaw
- Club Captain:
- Matt Wade
- Club Committee Member:
- Jeremy Gershen
- Club Committee Member:
- Karl Law
- Club Committee Member:
- David Munro
- Communications Coordinator:
- Matt Wade
- First Aid Officer:
- Elizabeth Harrison
- IRB Coordinator:
- Samuel Turbott
- Junior Surf Coordinator:
- Mark Chaafe
- Patrol Captain:
- Brent Lane
- Patrol Captain:
- Samuel Turbott
- President:
- Robert (Bob) Harvey KNZM, QSO, JP
- Search & Rescue Coordinator:
- Karel Witten-Hannah
Patrol Hours
Karekare Beach is patrolled on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays from 11:00am to 5:00pm between 7 December 2019 and 23 February 2020. These hours are reduce to 11:00am to 4:00pm between 1 March 2020 and 14 April 2020. A Regional Lifeguard Service is provided Monday to Friday from 16 December 2019 to 7 February 2020 between 10:00am to 6:00pm.