Lifesaving

The Muriwai volunteer lifeguard service primarily patrols Muriwai Beach, west of Auckland. We patrol every weekend, from Labour Weekend to Easter. Every year, we give up our personal time to patrol the beach, ensuring that visitors to our beach remain safe.

Whilst on patrol, we set the red and yellow flags to surround the safest area on the beach. If necessary, we move the flags as the beach conditions change. As our lifeguards are volunteers, we will always welcome new members. If you are over 14, and able to swim, we are keen to train you up to become a volunteer surf life guard. Training takes approximately ten hours. Once a lifeguard, you can expect to continue learning advanced skills, like performing first aid, driving our IRBs, all the way up to jumping out of helicopters!

Swim training takes place every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from the hours of 5.30-7.30am at the Massey High School pool and is open to all lifeguards under a paid coach. Whether you are an aspiring national champion or just wish to get fit to patrol our beach, this session is for you. At a cost of $30 per month they are the cheapest pool fees around! Please let the Head Coach, David Butt, know if you wish to take part in these. David can be emailed at davidbutt18@gmail.com.