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
- Accounts Coordinator:
- Andy Shaw
- Administrator:
- Teresa Harvey
- Building Coordinator:
- Christine Sidwell
- Chief Instructor:
- Charles Lawson
- Club Captain:
- Benjamin Fischer
- Club Committee Member:
- Matthew Wade
- Club Committee Member:
- Fraser Harvey
- Club Committee Member:
- Jessika Wanden-Hannay
- First Aid Officer:
- Christopher Turbott
- Gear Coordinator:
- Neil Grundy
- IRB Coordinator:
- Samuel Turbott
- Junior Club Captain:
- Oscar Chaafe
- Patrol Captain:
- Charles Lawson
- Patrol Captain:
- Shay Scott
- Patrol Captain:
- Jessika Wanden-Hannay
- Patrol Captain:
- Brent Lane
- Patrol Captain:
- Benjamin Fischer
- Patron:
- Robert (Bob) Harvey KNZM, QSO, JP
- President:
- David Munro
- Search & Rescue Coordinator:
- Karel Witten-Hannah QSM, MStJ
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Shalema Wanden-Hannay
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Shawn Wanden-Hannay
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Eti Eves
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Mike Mulcahy
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- David Munro
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Eti Eves
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Gareth Abraham
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Ian Wade
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- james hutchinson
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Jessika Wanden-Hannay
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- John Taylor
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Neil Grundy
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Robert Hammond
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Samuel Turbott
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Quinn Menton
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Charles Lawson
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Rebecca Walton-Hannay
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Jenny Taylor
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Amber Rhodes
- Search & Rescue Team Member:
- Christopher Turbott
- SLA Instructor:
- Brent McSharry
- SLA Instructor:
- Charles Lawson
Patrol Hours
Karekare Beach will be patrolled by Surf Lifeguards every Saturday, Sunday & Public Holiday from 11am to 4pm* between 23rd October 2021 until 18th April 2022. Week day patrols from 1030am to 630pm start from 13th December 2021 until 21st January 2022.
*hours may be extended.