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Marine Rescue Point Danger

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Marine Rescue Volunteer Organisation located at Point Danger, providing a Search and Rescue service

"Volunteers Saving Lives on the Water"

25/09/2026

Great job by our volunteer crew aboard Point Danger 31 last night!

At around 7:30pm, the crew were activated to assist a vessel off Tweed Heads that needed additional fuel.

Night-time operations are always more challenging and add a layer of complexity and risk, but the crew met the vessel and transferred several jerry cans of fuel between vessels. Transferring fuel and escorting a vessel in the dark and in tough conditions takes skill, teamwork and focus.

Most importantly, the operation was conducted and completed safely and without incident. The vessel was able to continue on its way and was met by Marine Rescue Queensland Southport, who were waiting inside the Southport Bar.

A shout out to our Hub and their volunteer radio operators on duty last night for a superb job handling and managing our tasking.

Thank you!

Great teamwork and a job well done.

21/09/2026

Congratulations to David for achieving his MR Coxswain rating over the weekend!

Attaining a MR Coxswain rating takes significant time and dedication, and represents a huge achievement for both David and our unit.

David is now to able skipper our rescue vessels and lead a crew during offshore search and rescue operations, giving our unit another fully qualified coxswain on the roster. This is a real boost to our operational capability and to our ability to respond to offshore incidents and call outs.

A big shout out to those who supported David's assessment — Trainer & Assessor Robbie from our neighbouring unit, Marine Rescue Brunswick, who came up for the day and put David through his paces, along with all the crew on duty who supported the day.

Congratulations, David!

Thank you for your commitment, and well done, mate!

19/09/2026

This week we had both of our RWCs (jet skis) serviced, and we'd like to extend our sincere gratitude to Adam and the team at for once again providing an exceptional level of service and support to our unit.

These guys genuinely understand just how important it is for us, as a marine rescue unit, to have our RWCs in top shape, serviced with minimal downtime and as little fuss as possible, something we really appreciate.

Also a special shoutout to BRP, who generously supplied components for this week's service. Support like this makes a real difference in keeping our RWCs rescue ready and able to respond whenever our community needs us most. Having reliable gear and a team we can count on behind the scenes makes a huge difference to what we do.

So thanks again to Adam, JSW Powersports and BRP for the ongoing support, we couldn't do what we do without partners like you!

05/09/2026

Congratulations Steve!

Today Steve successfully passed his Operational Assessment and was officially awarded his MR Coxswain Restricted Rating, a huge and well-deserved achievement!

A tremendous amount of time and effort goes into this level of training, and Steve's commitment, dedication, and hard work leading up to today have paid off. As our Unit's newest qualified MR Coxswain Restricted, we've certainly boosted our capacity to respond to midweek inshore incidents.

Thank you, Steve, for all your time and effort spent training and responding to all those call outs.

Again, congrats and well done!

13/08/2026

A boat full of Marine Rescue Point Danger volunteers, family and friends hit the water this morning for a thoroughly enjoyable 3-hour whale watching cruise aboard the George Bass of Cooly Tweed Cruises.

The trip was organised as one of the social events our unit arranges for our volunteers, our way of saying thank you to our amazing volunteers and their families for the dedication, commitment and countless hours spent volunteering.

We'd barely cleared the bar, just a few minutes out, when our boat was "mugged" by a pod of whales! A whale mugging is when whales approach a vessel out of their own curiosity and choose to stick around, circling, diving under and popping up alongside the boat. It's one of the most special things that can happen out on the water, and it gave everyone on board an incredible, up-close encounter with these gentle giants right from the get-go.

A huge thank you to Steve & Linda from Cooly Tweed Cruises, and of course the fantastic crew aboard the George Bass, for such a lovely and memorable experience on the water today.

We highly recommend a trip out to see the whales, call Steve or Linda to book on 0422743722 or email [email protected], website coolytweedcruises.com.au.

07/08/2026

BUNNINGS BBQ — This Saturday, 8th August! 🔥

Come down and support our volunteers cooking up a storm at Bunnings Warehouse Tweed Heads South Sausage Sizzle, from 8am to 4pm!

Grab a cold drink and a snag, have a chat with us about volunteering at Point Danger.

All funds raised go directly towards supporting our life-saving volunteer work. 🌭

We'd love to see you there!

03/08/2026

LONG RANGE RESCUE: 50nm ROUND TRIP!

About lunchtime today, we got a call for help from 2 mates in their 7m open cabin who were on a day out fishing a long way offshore.

The guys were stuck 25nm east of Tweed Heads with reported engine troubles. That's a serious run out, mixing it with the big ships , but with good conditions our crew pointed the bow east and didn't hang about.

On arrival, it turned out the gremlins were battery-related, and a jump start seemed to solve the problem, at least initially. After shadowing the vessel back for a few miles, further issues and limp mode being triggered called for a tow for the remaining 20nm.

Huge thanks to our amazing volunteer crew onboard Point Danger 31, Tod, Guy and Steve supported by our Radio Operators Gary, Joseph and Brant.

After a 50nm round trip, 250L of fuel and hours on the water, 2 extremely grateful and relieved fishermen were towed back to the safety of the Tweed River.

Great job, well done!

14/07/2026

JOINT RESCUE EFFORT: Marine Rescue Cape Byron, Marine Rescue Brunswick & Marine Rescue Point Danger

A great example of teamwork from across our Northern Rivers units yesterday, when crews from Marine Rescue Brunswick in BR30 and Marine Rescue Point Danger in PD31 combined efforts to bring a 14m yacht safely to shore after it suffered fuel problems just north of Cape Byron and required a tow into safe waters.

The call for help was received by Marine Rescue Cape Byron radio base who activated and coordinated the response of both rescue vessels. BR30 was first on scene shortly after lunchtime, getting the vessel under tow with 2 persons on board. With a draft of 2.1m a little deep for crossing Brunswick bar at the time BR30 continued north and met up with PD31, activated earlier in the afternoon to meet BR30 and take over the tow to continue the tasking north into the Tweed River.

What started just after lunch stretched into the early evening, until the yacht was safely secured on a mooring in the Tweed River. The very grateful owners were full of thanks and praise for all volunteer crews' efforts.

Great work by everyone involved across all 3 units. Well done.

01/07/2026

A massive shoutout to Daniel and the legends at NRT-Engineering for the incredible work completed yesterday on Point Danger 20!

We had a damaged sampson post that needed to be re-engineered and replaced. For those wondering, it's the heavy-duty post we use to secure tow lines when assisting other vessels in distress.

The team from NRT-Engineering made the trip from Lismore out to us a few times to inspect the vessel, work through the best solution, and then headed back to their workshop to fabricate a brand new sampson post.

Yesterday, with PD20 at the Tweed Boatyard, NRT returned with a crew of four, a fully equipped mobile workshop and got straight into it. Before long the old post was out, the new one welded in, and Point Danger 20 was back in service, same day. Incredible effort.

A huge thank you to Daniel and the crew at , and to the team at GCBoatyards Tweed Heads for their support. Top-quality workmanship, all great people to work with, and absolute professionals from start to finish. We couldn't be happier with the result!

22/06/2026

Superb ex*****on, picking up 2 people and their disabled JetSki off the sandbar in the river.

The guys were just off the bar and pulled in by fellow boater in the area, we met them and took over the job.

Nice work Steve.

Steve is preparing for his Coxswain Restricted operational assessment in the near future.

Address

Boundary Street And Tweed Terrace
Coolangatta, QLD
4225

Opening Hours

Monday	5am - 6pm
Tuesday	5am - 6pm
Wednesday	5am - 6pm
Thursday	5am - 6pm
Friday	5am - 6pm
Saturday	5am - 6pm
Sunday	5am - 6pm

Website

http://pointdanger.marinerescuensw.com.au/

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