St Clair Surf Lifesaving Club
St Clair Surf Lifesaving Club
Established in 1911, St Clair Surf Life Saving Club were one of the very first surf life saving clubs to patrol in New Zealand. The club has been providing a continuous volunteer service focused on saving lives and preventing injury for St Clair beach users and the wider Dunedin Community over the last 98 years.St Clair has always been Dunedin's most popular swimming beach and St Clair Surf Lifesaving Club have been ever present through the years.
St Clair is a beach which is popular with all types with warm days producing swimmers, walkers, runners and surfers.
Club members patrol our beach on the weekends from late October to early March each year, with additional patrols rostered through the Surf Lifesaving professional life guard squad on weekdays over the school holiday time.
On average St Clair Surf Lifesaving club members will assist thirty members of the public with various incidents at St Clair Beach and its surrounding enviorns.
The St Clair Surf Lifesaving Club is the home of the the mono hulled surf canoe having been designed and constructed by club life member Duke Gilles MBE.
As well as providing a valuable community service, St Clair has also had a constant presence in Surf Sports events. Numerous St Clair members have stood on the medal dias at the nationals including the winning the first ever female 6 person alarm title in 1944.
Currently St Clair Surf Lifesaving Club has an active patrol roster of 70 with a total club membership of 300.
Our club is located at St Clair Beach on the northern end of the Esplande offering a prime position amongst an ever growing location.
We also have a winter training base located on Portobello Road immediately before the Vauxhall Yacht Club.