The river entrance is now trained by two prominent walls that clearly define the northern end of the beach. The beach sweeps to the south east toward Byron Bay, terminating after 10.5 km at the mouth of Belongil Creek. A vehicle and foot bridge cross the Brunswick River to provide access to the beach, with the best access at the surf club.

The Surf Club is located 400 mts south of the entrance wall and offers parking and a large park and picnic area. Brunswick Heads is popular with bathers and fisherman, however both have to be wary.

The Brunswick river mouth bar is notorious for upending large and small boats, and the surf beach has not only a double bar system dominated by rips, but a prominent rip that runs out against the southern training wall, in addition to strong tidal currents and breaking waves between the training walls.

To safeguard the bathers and fishermen, the Surf Club was formed in 1935. The Brunswick SLSC is responsible for patrolling the area from the Belongil Creek mouth in the south to the surf beaches of New Brighton and South Golden Beach to the north on weekends and public holidays from September to April each year.

You can read about the history of the Club by clicking  here

New Members Welcome for 2008/2009 Season

Brunswick SLSC is always looking for new members to help us patrol and we welcome members from other clubs that have moved to the Brunswick Valley.  For the youngsters our junior ranks, or JAC, caters for ages 5 years to 14 years and if you are interested please contact either This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for seniors and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for juniors.

Congratulations to Braeden McHugh-Easy who was named the Far North Coast Nipper of the Year at the recent Branch Titles held at Byron Bay Main Beach.

The Brunswick SLSC is very proud of all our younger members and it was particularly pleasing to see this year's title go to such a deserving young man.  Well done Braeden and you should feel very pleased with your achievement.

Pictured left is Braeden with his trophies at the Branch Titles, Byron Main Beach, Sunday 8 February.  Image courtesy of The Byron Shire News.

Our old patrol tower is now unsafe and unusable and has, over time, become so far from the actual beach that visibility from the tower is greatly reduced.

Our patrol members serve each weekend from September to April in good weather and bad.  Unfortunately in inclement weather we have no shelter available for our members to observe the beach and those members of the public who brave the elements.  As a result we are unable to provide the level of service which this community deserve and has enjoyed over the years.

It’s now time to retire the old tower and build a new one and we are asking for help to pay it.

So far, the Gold Coast City Council has donated the plans for tower, Byron Shire Council has arranged for a Sec 356 donation of $11,800.00 and the Department of Lands has allocated $8,000.00.  Brunswick Surf Club has matched this with $12.000.00.  The total cost of the new tower is approximately $50,000.00 and we are asking for community help with this project by raising the last $18,200.00

All donations will be publicly acknowledged and are tax deductible – Can you help?

Recent Donations:
Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club  $1,000.00
Brunswick Triathlon                $3,000.00                                                                                                   Mullum/Brunswick Lions Club    $2,000.00                                                                                                   Mullumbimby Seventh Day Adventist Opportunity Shop   $4,000.00                                   

Click on the article image or here to read more about our need for a new tower - as featured in The Byron Shire Echo 2 December, 2008.

Checkout the new Brunswick Heads Surfcam, providing live video feed of the Brunswick River, the bar and along the beach!   The video feed comes via Coastalwatch Technologies and their website at www.coastalwatch.com.  You can also view a surf report, current weather, winds and outlooks for the coming days.

You might have to give the page a moment to load, depending on your internet connection speed.

Click on the image or here to view the Surfcam.  There's also a link to the page under the "Resources" menu.