Servicing the Hunter & Newcastle region
The Hunter coastline from Catherine Hill Bay through Newcastle and up to the Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest peninsula covers a striking range of water environments — Newcastle's city beaches with their famous baths, the long open beaches of Stockton and Birubi Point, the working port and harbour, and the sheltered bays of Port Stephens. Coastal Water Safety Australia services the Hunter Region with the same drone shark surveillance, event water safety and search and rescue capability we deploy across the Mid North Coast — typically with under three hours' notice from our Port Macquarie base.
The Hunter & Newcastle coastline
Newcastle is a serious surf city. Merewether and Bar Beach run national surf comps, the Newcastle ocean baths and the Bogey Hole complicate the safety picture, and Stockton's exposed open beach has its own erosion and rip pattern. Port Stephens to the north — Nelson Bay, Shoal Bay, Fingal Bay and One Mile — is the dolphin capital of NSW and a busy summer destination. We work with Newcastle City Council, Port Stephens Council, Surf Life Saving Hunter Branch and a range of event organisers to provide professional water safety across the region.
Towns we cover in the Hunter & Newcastle
Same-week response across:
- Newcastle
- Merewether
- Bar Beach
- Dixon Park
- Nobbys
- Stockton
- Redhead
- Caves Beach
- Catherine Hill Bay
- Nelson Bay
- Shoal Bay
- Fingal Bay
- One Mile Beach
- Birubi Point
- Anna Bay
- Hawks Nest
- Tea Gardens
Beaches in the Hunter & Newcastle we work across
From regular event venues to unpatrolled coastline:
- Merewether Beach
- Dixon Park
- Bar Beach
- Newcastle Beach
- Nobbys Beach
- Stockton Beach
- Redhead Beach
- Caves Beach
- Pinney's Beach
- Shoal Bay
- Fingal Bay
- One Mile Beach
- Birubi Point
- Boat Harbour Beach
- Bennetts Beach
- Yacaaba Beach
- Jimmy's Beach
Events we’ve worked on or service in the Hunter & Newcastle
Surfest at Merewether, Newcastle Ocean Baths swim events, Bar Beach surf carnivals, Port Stephens Marathon swim, Salamander Bay paddle events, Hunter Branch SLSC carnivals, Stockton Beach 4WD events and the Newcastle triathlon and ocean swim calendar.
Local conditions & hazards
Merewether's reef and rip on a big south swell; the wreck and rock dangers at Nobbys; Stockton's notorious erosion and shifting sandbar; bull shark activity in the Hunter River estuary; and the strong tidal current through the Port Stephens heads at Tomaree and Yacaaba.
Services available across the Hunter & Newcastle
Drone Shark Surveillance
Real-time aerial monitoring with sonar and thermal imaging — species ID and direction of travel reported to lifeguards within seconds.
Event Water Safety
End-to-end safety management for surf comps, ocean swims, triathlons and beach festivals — risk assessment, on-water crews, drone overwatch.
Search & Rescue
Rapid-response jet ski rescue with trained operators, integrated drone surveillance and seamless coordination with Marine Rescue and Surf Life Saving.
Nearby regions we cover
From Hunter & Newcastle deployments we also routinely service: Central Coast, Mid North Coast, Forster-Tuncurry.
