Whangarei Heads Surf Lifesaving

20/04/2026

On Saturday evening we had our annual club prize giving! Thank you to those who attended and celebrated all the efforts this Season.
Thank you to our club Chair, Andrew for presenting the awards. ❤️💛

Our award recipients were:

Contributions to Junior Surf - Lew Hart
Patrol person of the year - Ollie Irwin
Rookie of the Year - Ella McDonald
Junior Lifeguard of the year - Sasha Waller
Senior Lifeguard of the year - Nicole Wrack
Volunteer of the Year - Ollie Irwin
Presidents award - Lindsay Hill
Havoc Mechanic - Ollie Irwin
Rescue of the year - Nicky Forrester

200 club (hours) - Ollie Irwin
100 club (hours) - Sasha Waller & Dayna de Bruin-Adcock

Lastly thank you to the for hosting our prize giving once again! 🏆🏆

29/01/2026

You’ll notice some of these around Ocean Beach and many other locations around New Zealand’s Coastline!

11/01/2026

***Found ring***

One of our lifeguards retrieved this ring (men’s wedding band??) from the water near the rocks at the south end of the beach.

If it belongs to you please call the club (094340565) or come and see the guards at the clubhouse, and if you can show us a photo of you wearing it we’d love to get it back to the rightful owner.

20/11/2025

Hi all!

Still time to enter your team 6-10 people per team $20 each!

Remember to fill in the Google form. Link in the comments! 💛❤️

Our IRB Race Team is Expanding!
This fundraiser aims to help cover the cost of essential gear and equipment for the upcoming season.

After an incredible season of racing last year, we’re eager to get back out there and build on our learnings.

We’d love to see the community come together to support the team at our upcoming Quiz Night. Team of up to 8-10. (Can be flexible on numbers)

Huge thanks to the Parua bay Tavern for accomodating this night. We can’t wait to see you there!

*There will be spot prizes, raffles and best dressed team!
*Food and drinks for purchase.

Register your team on the link below 🙂

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXxevf7rM2fxoWeqegCbRr1SqrH-RRhuPA_j159BV1RWXztQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor&usp=embed_facebooke

09/11/2025

Our IRB Race Team is Expanding!
This fundraiser aims to help cover the cost of essential gear and equipment for the upcoming season.

After an incredible season of racing last year, we’re eager to get back out there and build on our learnings.

We’d love to see the community come together to support the team at our upcoming Quiz Night. Team of up to 8-10. (Can be flexible on numbers)

Huge thanks to the Parua bay Tavern for accomodating this night. We can’t wait to see you there!

*There will be spot prizes, raffles and best dressed team!
*Food and drinks for purchase.

Register your team on the link below 🙂

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXxevf7rM2fxoWeqegCbRr1SqrH-RRhuPA_j159BV1RWXztQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor&usp=embed_facebooke

06/11/2025

The Surf lifesaving New Zealand Awards of Excellence photos are out!

🏆London trophy 2025🏆

25/10/2025

We’re back!!

This weekend we kicked off the season with our mass refreshers, making sure our lifeguards are fit and ready for summer! ☀️

Patrols will be running from 11am–4pm on weekends. See you on the beach! 🏖️

11/10/2025

Last weekend we headed to Auckland for the Surf Lifesaving New Zealand, Awards of Excellence. We were stoked to bring home the London Trophy! 🏆

Awarded to the club that’s qualified the most Surf Lifeguards and Instructors this season 🙌
It’s been incredible watching our club grow this season! ❤️💛

21/07/2025

Whangārei Heads VSLSP Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Sunday 14 September 2025 11:00am at the clubhouse (29 Ranui Road, Whangārei Heads).

Everyone is welcome and we have a couple of committee positions to fill including Health and Safety Officer and Fundraising Officer. It's also your chance to riase any discussion points and vote on who your committee members are for the upcoming season.

For any info on positions feel free to message Lindsay [email protected].

See you there!

21/05/2025

On the weekend we celebrated all the big efforts from the season! Congratulations to the award winners.

Andrew O’Brien - Presidents Award
Ollie Irwin - Volunteer of the Year
Sage Wickline - Junior lifeguard of the year
Hannah Lugtigheid - Senior lifeguard of the year
Ollie Irwin - Patrol person of the year
Olive Hermans - Rookie of the year
Rebecca Moore and Cecilia De Donatis - Contribution to Junior Surf
Taha McLean- Saad - Havoc Mechanic

A huge thank you to Parua bay tavern we appreciate you accomodating us! ❤️💛
Parua Bay Tavern