The majority of our activity is in the Manukau harbour and out across the Manukau Bar. Our operating area extends down to the southern side of Raglan Harbour, go out to sea (West) for 12NM, turn and head up (North) to the southern side of Kaipara Harbour.
We are a full time mobile unit that can launch from any location in NZ. Our main launching ramp is Bottle Top Bay for the Manukau harbour, and we also use the Mangere bridge all tide ramp and Waiau Pa ramp. We use Kawakawa Bay ramps for launching into the Firth of Thames and Hauraki Gulf.
We are an active resource to our local Civil Defence and we can and have in the past provided land support to any incident / emergency.
Our team of volunteers work hard and are committed to the training we provide and delivering a world class Search and Rescue capability, 24hrs / 7 days and unconditional.
