Long Reef Surf Life Saving Club
LONG REEF ANNUAL DINNER COMING-UP ON 30 MAY
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ANNOUNCING THE FENN CUP OCEAN PADDLE SERIES - 26 SEPT, 31 OCT, 2 JAN 2010
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Welcome to Long Reef Surf Life Saving Club
Long Reef SLSC was founded in 1950 with 29 members and without a clubhouse. Over the last 50 years the club has evolved into a very active surf life saving club with its own clubhouse and extensive participation from the local community. Current membership is over 700 ranging from nippers to retired founding members. The official club colours are dark blue and white. Long Reef SLSC is proud of its 'No Lives Lost' record during patrol hours. Long Reef Surf Club won a silver medal in the 2008 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships which reflects the passion and commitment of many Long Reef members.
About Long Reef Beach
Long Reef beach can be found on Sydney's Northern beaches. It is the northern half of the 1.8 km stretch of beach running from the base of Long Reef headland south to Dee Why Point. The beach is bracketed by an Aquatic Reserve, golf course,and a lagoon and wild life refuge.
The beach faces the south east and picks up any east to south east swell. This makes it one of Sydney's higher energy beaches. The waves average 1.6 m, being highest in the south and centre, decreasing north of the Long Reef surf club owing to some protection from the outer reefs (bomboras).
Between Long Reef Surf Club and Dee Why Point there are regularly 8 strong rips. The rips and their feeder currents usually detach the single sand bar from the beach. This can form a continuous trough of variable width and depth, but with all currents heading for one of the rips. So be careful!
Long Reef is a relatively popular summer beach offering some protection from the summer North Easters. In winter it is exposed and often blown out, but very popular with windsurfers and kite surfers.
Sponsors
Long Reef SLSC is proudly sponsored by a number of local companies as well as national sponsors that support Surf Life Saving Australia as a whole. Please suppport our sponsors when possible as without their support Long Reef Surf Club would not be able to operate the way it currently does.