Waikuku Beach Surf Lifesaving Club

12/05/2026

A huge congratulations to Michael Summerfield who won the Top U17 Pool competitor at the Canterbury/Tasman awards in the weekend!

Top U17 Pool Competitor
Michael Summerfield, Waikuku Beach

14/04/2026

🏊‍♀️Pool Season🏊‍♀️
It's that time of year again!

We need to know numbers ASAP to book lane space. So, if you are returning from last year, please complete the registration form and return to Andrea by 25th April.

If you are new and like to join in or want more information, please email Andrea on [email protected]

Please note that this is not a learn to swim service, some level of competency is required but feel free to discuss this with Andrea or one of the coaches.

Training begins Sunday 3rd May, Dudley Park Aquatic Centre, around 4.30-6.30pm

14/04/2026

A great opportunity for clubbies!

Don’t miss this one! Tomorrow, Darren Shand, a Taylors Mistake SLSC clubbie is spending the evening with us at South Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club for his session “Lessons in Leadership”.

Come down to South Brighton for a 6:30pm start, the bar will be open.
All Surf Life Saving members are welcome, so come along for a social evening with your mates- no cost involved!

We are fortunate to have Darren coming along to share his inspiring leadership journey, insights and stories from his time as Manager of the All Blacks.

More information can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1CEywFoyU3/?mibextid=wwXIfr

26/03/2026

A huge congratulations to Eva Rose, Annika, Cooper, Emelia and Petra who attended Intermediate Lifeguard School this past weekend at Taylor’s Mistake. The 5 candidates took part in a rock module, board module, patrol scenarios, first aid scenarios, and SAR scenarios. They also had many different sessions such as leadership, external agency visits and more!

We also had Helena come to rock instruct, Amy there as staff and Ailsa (one of our og lifegaurds) come as St John.

Well done to everyone for a great weekend🧡🤎

17/03/2026

Congratulations to team yellow for taking out the annual nippers King/queen of the Ku race on Saturday.
A fun day had by all results as follows -
Team yellow
Team blue
Team orange
Team red
Team pink
Team green

11/03/2026

Super proud of our small but mighty 💪team of Waikuku Seniors who attended the AON Surf Lifesaving Nationals last week in Ohope.

For those who have seen the seniors train or race, you know that our fantastic five sure can fly across the sand. So, it might come as no surprise that these five made not one, but TWO, sprint relay finals. But at a national level this is outstanding and with each relay requiring some members racing up too!!!

We also had some pretty amazing individual results on the beach and team results in the water (check them out below). With Waikuku walking away as 34th out of 44 clubs on the national club leaderboard.

U17 beach relay FINAL - Waikuku 7th (Isaac R, Isaac P, Dylan P, Michael)
U19 beach relay FINAL - 7th (Isaac R, Dylan P, Michael, Teo)
U17 sprint FINAL - Michael 4th, Isaac R 8th
U17 flags FINAL - Michael 5th, Isaac R 12th
U19 flags FINAL- Isaac R 8th, Teo 14th
U19 2km run FINAL - Teo 14th
U19 ski relay - Waikuku 15th (Michael, Isaac R, Teo)
U19 board relay FINAL - Waikuku 19th (Isaac R, Teo, Dylan)

Lastly, but certainly not least BIG shout out to Eleanor for competing at the Masters Surf Lifesaving Nationals.

26/02/2026

It’s been busy on the beach for our sports teams:

Our juniors competed in the Southern Regional Junior Championships finishing with some great results, with over 30 top 10 placings and 2 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals. And a big shout out to Josef Copplestone who placed 3rd overall in his age group!

While the following week our seniors competed in the Southern Region Championships at Warrington Beach, along with some marine mammal friends who wanted to get into the action.
Our six seniors earned 4 golds, 8 silvers, and 6 bronze medals between them, placing Waikuku Beach 6th out of 14 clubs - what an effort 💪

Waikuku now also has an IRB racing team, and they attended the Canterbury IRB Championships for their debut race event last weekend.

To top it all off Zoe and Emily have just returned from the national Oceans 2026 junior event where Zoe absolutely smashed it on the beach, and Emily was highly commended for her attitude and sportsmanship from officials and other surf clubs.

See you on the beach 🏖️ this weekend for the Junior Canterbury Championships

31/01/2026

What a beautiful sunny morning for nippers, some perfect waves for our red caps on the paddle board

18/01/2026

Our small team of 7 senior athletes had an awesome result at the 2026 Canterbury Championships held over this weekend. We came 6th overall out of 12 clubs, with the following placings:

U15 beach flags - 1 x silver
U17 beach flags - 2 x silver & 1 x bronze
U17 beach sprints - 1 x gold & 2 x silver
U17 2km beach run - 1 x silver
U17 ski race - 1 x bronze
U19 2km beach run - 1 x silver
U19 beach sprint - 1 x silver
U19 beach relay - 1 x silver
U19 tube rescue - 1 x silver

21/12/2025

Congratulations to our seniors who had a great time racing in the team events at the annual K Day competition at Taylors Mistake on Saturday. Gaining a few spot prizes on the day, and coming 2nd and 4th in the beach relay

19/12/2025

A reminder that Junior Surf (Nippers) are taking a short break to enjoy the summer holidays,

Have a great Christmas and a safe New Year, remember to stay sun smart and swim between the flags.

Looking forward to see you all in 2026,first session Saturday the 10th of January.

Merry Christmas from your Waikuku Junior Surf team.