Piha Rescue

One of the guards is badly injured, a man is lost at sea, and a man has stopped breathing in a critical after hours emergency.

Waitangi woes in Piha's treacherous currents, five people are swept passed Lion Rock, and a terrified woman is plucked from the waves while her partner is still at sea.

Conditions deteriorate and rescue numbers reach a season high. A fisherman is swept off the rocks in a tragic accident, and a swimmer goes under just before the lifeguards reach her.

A child is swept into a rip, a mass rescue right beside Lion Rock, and a lifeguard is entangled in kelp.

Tangled leg ropes endanger a mass rescue, a father is horror struck when his son loses grip of the IRB, and a patient loses consciousness as the guards race him to shore.

Too many children are left to battle the waters alone, a man threatens people with an offensive weapon, and a person in distress who doesn't want to be rescued.

The Lion Rock rip causes mayhem for lifeguards and swimmers alike. Good Friday is no good for the Piha guards, three mass rescues involving 25 people, and a girl, unable to keep her head above the water.

West coast mayhem as the current leaves swimmers helpless, a kayaker suffers an agonising injury, and absolute carnage at the Northern Regional Surfboat Champs.

Colossal surf hammers beach goers, a mass rescue right in the middle of the break, and a tourist can't find his friend in the surf.

A rescue in front of the rocks goes terribly wrong, a surfer is powerless against massive walls of white wash, and a swimmer goes missing at sunset.