Mairangi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club Mairangi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club has been serving the community since the early 1930's. Providing a center for education,training,competition and life guarding for families on the North Shore and greater Auckland region. We are a family orientated club with a range of programmes and facilities to cover all age groups, with members ranging in age from 6yrs - 80 yrs. Our club provides a number of essential services to the community with our core objectives being: 1.Patrolling: Ensuring public safety at Mairangi Bay, Long Bay, Browns Bay, Takapuna Beach and other affiliated clubs. 2. Education: Training the general public, especially children in water safety and techniques of surf life saving. 3. Competition: Providing a sporting arena for club members to learn, and demonstrate their skill and ability in Surf lifesaving events. In achieving these objectives our club has become established as one of New Zealand's elite surf clubs.

Lifeguard Patrols and Community Education Mairangi Bay surf lifesaving patrol's primary objective is to provide  safe beaches for the public to attend over summer. Due to the relative natural safety of Mairangi Bay we also provide a center for the instruction of lifeguards and education of community members in water safety. This position has been strengthened over the period of our establishment, and we plan to continue building on this foundation. Mairangi Bay has attained an enviable reputation for achieving beach safety over summer. In the 2005/6 season 133 patrolling members completed 3818.35  hrs of patrol and conducted 38 rescues, 1822 preventative actions and 31 first aids. Due to this success Mairangi Bay has become a major training ground for junior lifeguards, as it is here that the necessary skills required for patrolling are taught. Members of Mairangi Bay are also encouraged to participate in patrols on the rugged west coast to refine and develop these skills, while also providing a safe environment for the public at these potentially dangerous beaches. Mairangi Bay also lends itself to the education and instruction of new members into the surf lifesaving movement by training community members to become lifeguards. In 1999 Mairangi Bay had 21 new numbers achieve their Surf Lifeguard award, giving them eligibility to patrol. This number is the highest among the clubs in the Northern Region. We also had 5 guards as part of the paid Regional Guard team. Mairangi Bay realises that the education of the general public and especially children in aspects of water safety is extremely important. Beach Education is becoming an important aspect of Lifesaving and is especially suited to club like Mairangi Bay. Recently more than 3 000 school children from the North Shore and greater Auckland region were given education in water safety using our equipment and facilities. Training was undertaken utilising club and Northern Region personnel and will be an on going programme.

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