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 2009/2010Season

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.

It’s been four long years since the Brunswick SLSC first began the process of building a new patrol tower.

The old patrol tower that was originally built near the clubhouse with the help of the local Rotary Club had become unsafe to use and due to the changing coastline was so far from the beach patrol members couldn’t see to protect the public.

Brunswick beach is patrolled from October through April in good weather or bad. Unfortunately this has meant that the volunteers have had to brave all types of severe weather conditions in order to keep the public safe. It was time for a new tower.

As with any project of this size the Brunswick SLSC has had to rely on community support to see their vision into reality.

Gold Coast Council provided the plans at no cost to the club, Byron Shire Council gave a generous donation and the Byron Shire Holiday Parks Trust supported the project. Brunswick SLSC Triathlon provided additional funds.

Thanks also go out to the Seventh Day Adventist Opportunity Shop, The Mallams Group, Mullumbimby/ Brunswick Lions, Mullum Ex- Services Club and Mullumbimby Rotary.

Once the finances were in place it was time for the club members to get their hands dirty. Brunswick SLSC is lucky to have so many talented and hard working patrol members and local business owners who are willing to give up their time to help provide the much needed tower.

Under the watchful eye of Stewart White the construction took place over several weekends. Bobcats, cranes and earthmovers were brought in and a cement slab put down with a perfect view of the beach and ocean.
The tower was finally erected and fitted out with all the necessary lifesaving equipment.

The paint is now dry (red and yellow, of course) and the tower is now operational. Brunswick SLSC would like to thank the following businesses for the time, money, materials and knowledge so generously donated-J Bashforth & Sons Earthmoving, Greg Southern Bobcat Hire, Readymix Billinudgel (aka HOLCIM Pty Ltd), Mullumbimby Engineering, Stewart & Craig White, Summercraft Byron Shire and Malcolm Scott.

In honour of our new tower and to celebrate all the hard work and community contributions the Brunswick SLSC held an official opening ceremony followed by celebrations on the lawn outside the Brunswick SLSC clubhouse on Nov 7th.  The opening was followed by children’s activities that included a jumping castle and free fun-fit classes provided by Billinudgel Fitness Factory. Food was provided by Brunswick Heath Foods and we also had coffee and cakes available.

2009 Brunswick Triathlon Results

Congratulations Kane Simpson and Jenah Fulton.  For full results click here

Checkout the 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.