Coast Guard Mooloolaba offers sea watch + rescue services in the local area, as well as first-aid + CPR Training and LROCP and AWQ Radio licencing courses for the public. The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard QF6 Mooloolaba is one of 5 Flotillas of the Sunshine Coast Squadron, which in turn is part of the National organisation known as the “Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association Inc.” Locall
y, we are known as Coast Guard Mooloolaba QF6. Our Coast Guard motto is “Safety by all Means” and our aims are to promote boating safety through education, experience and example and finally by search and rescue. We provide a 24 hour, 365 days a year Marine Rescue service for local recreational and commercial vessels, as well as to vessels visiting our area of operations. We operate four rescue vessels: "Mooloolaba Rotary Rescue", a 13.8 metre all-weather offshore rescue vessel, "Rotary III", a quick response 8.5 metre inshore rescue vessel, "Marine Rescue One" a 6.5 metre RIB and “Maroochy RSL” a 4.7 metre RIB. Each year we assist around 200 distressed vessels from local waters, accessed by this area’s only ‘all-weather’ ocean access. QF6 also maintains a 24/7 Marine Radio watch on all relevant channels, while providing a ‘Log-on, Log-off’ safety service for all mariners operating in this area. This system gives us an early warning of any overdue vessels, whether in transit or operating locally.
