REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 2025/26 SUMMER SEASON ARE OPEN!

To register your child for Junior Surf we are asking at least one parent signs up as an Associate Member of the club.  We have created a Family Season Membership which covers the membership for the parent and the children.  We have 2 options if you are a parent registering one child it is the first option (1-2 Adults & 1 Child) for all other family structures select the second option (1-2 Adults & up to 3 children).  

Under Family Memberships the children can be in either the Junior Surf Programme, Lifeguarding or Surf Sports. You select the programme for each child when registering.

Enquiries email: admin@omanubeach.co.nz

From the age of 5 years, children can join us to participate in Junior Surf, sometimes known as Nippers.

We encourage children to have fun and develop their skills, so that they can enjoy the beach and one day might be able to save someone else too. It’s about developing tomorrow’s lifeguards and opening up a whole new world to children. Omanu Beach SLSC has one of the biggest Junior Surf programmes in New Zealand.

How can I help on Sundays?

• JS runs Sunday 9am – 10am.
• Please be seated on the grass in front of your age group coloured flag by 8.55am
• Some of the older groups to run longer - all depends on how much fun we are having! 
• This is a programme run by Parents and we need lots of help. No level of surf skills or ocean confidence is needed at all – many of our helpers don’t get wet. The more helpers we can have the better the experience for the kids so please do reach out to us and help out.
• Some of the tasks we need for each group are:
• • A manager to sign all the kids in at the start of the session and out at the end.
  • Lots of coaches/helpers/assistants to herd kids, put out pack up equipment and do as much or as little as required.
  • The more helpers, the more activities the kids can do.
  • BBQ duty. We will pre allocate the BBQ duties this year by age group. On the week that your child’s age group is on BBQ duty we need age group parents to cook and sell the sausages and clean up the BBQ etc. This typically will be from 9.30am – 10.30am please see your group leader and let them know if you can help. Basic petty cash retail skills required
• Another really important task we are actively looking for is someone to run the Clothing shop from 9-10am each Sunday morning – it comes with free coffee!!
• Most of the group leaders all started out as parent helpers and it is what this programme is built on so please get involved.

Our Group Leaders - TBC

• Pink U6 -
• Red U7 - 
• Orange U8 - 
• Green U9 - 
• Blue U10 - 
• Cadets & Board Academy - Jono York 

Junior Surf Dates for 2025/26

Pool Sessions - Mount College Pool

Pool sessions are for the U8, U9, U10, U11-U14 (Omanu Academy) 

Sunday 9th and 16th November; This include the 200m testing session 

Timing TBC:

8:30-9:30am U8 & U9 

9:30-10:30am U10 & Academy

Beach Session Dates:

Sundays between 9.00am - 10.30am - Omanu Beach

First beach session of the season at Omanu Beach - Sunday 2nd November 2025

Last session for 2025 - Sunday 14th December

First session for 2026 - Sunday 18th January 

Omanu Junior Carnival - TBC

Last day of the season and Club Champs - TBC

Membership Fees

We ask all our parents of Junior Surf participants to sign up and be a registered member of Omanu Beach Surf Lifesaving Club for the season. We have done this via a 2025/26 Summer Season Membership and the parents will be Associate Members of the club (or may also be Lifeguards, or Masters competitors).

All Junior Surf members must be accompanied by a club member (parent/guardian/caregiver).

2025/26 Summer Season Membership Options: 

• Family Membership (1-2 Adult, 1 Child) = $85
• Family Membership (1-2 Adults, max 3 Children) = $125

Programme Fees:

Nippers Groups = $50

Cadet & Board Academy Season Fee* = $85 (see more information about Academy here)

*please note that if you are in the U10 group you will be invited to add on the weekly academy sessions for an extra $35. If you want more information on this please email admin@omanubeach.co.nz  

Please note payment is required on the last step of the registration process to complete the application.

If you need to pay off your membership/s or require other payment terms please email admin@omanubeach.co.nz BEFORE starting your registration online and this can be arranged.

2025/26 Junior Surf HEJA Group Codes

https://heja.io The app can be downloaded at Google Play or the App Store this will be the main communication platform for Junior Surf

Please note your child will not automatically be in the HEJA group.  You the parent/cargiver need to add them to the team once you have joined the group/team.  You chose the option my child is not yet in the team then add their details.   You manually add each child you have into their own correct age group as per their cap colour & team code in the table below.  Please do not add all your children into the same group/team.