Name: Surf Patrol
Released: 2007-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Simon Westaway

Surf Patrol

TV Show · Reality · Documentary

A look at the work of volunteer lifeguards on the beaches of Australia's east coast. Offshore rescue boats and rescue helicopters also help to patrol the waters. Their dangerous work is seen up close.

2007 · 17m

Starring Simon Westaway

Director Chris Herd

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Lifesavers embark on a critical search for a seven-year-old boy lost in the surf. Meanwhile, a lifesaver rescue helicopter searches for a missing small boat in dangerous waters.

17m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Gold Coast lifesavers search for a missing 18-year-old man who disappeared during a late swim; an influx of bluebottle jellyfish disrupt an annual ocean swim at Sydney's Newport Beach.

20m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

A heated argument between two young men on a Gold Coast beach escalates, and a woman, rescued from a rip, battles to survive. In Gunnamatta, a lifesaver goes missing while undertaking a rescue in unpredictable seas.

20m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

An entire family find themselves caught in a rip at Victoria's Gunnamatta Beach. Two brothers disappear from a Gold Coast beach, and treacherous surf in Sydney's North Cronulla means a routine boat patrol is anything but that.

20m
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Swimmers face chaos when a swarm of bluebottles arrives in Surfers Paradise. Lifesavers on dawn patrol do their best to prevent revellers from taking an early morning dip.

21m
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

A missing girl sparks a frantic search on the Gold Coast. Off the coast of Sydney, a mock rescue has to postponed when lifesavers need to respond to a real situation.

20m