Piha Rescue: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Piha Rescue is a New Zealand reality series following the daily actions of the Piha Surf Life Saving Club lifeguards on the famous Piha surf beach. Piha is one of the most rugged West Coast beaches near Auckland. Piha Rescue started its lifespan with filming commencing for the first time in the summer of 2001, followed by a one hour documentary airing December 2002 (aired as Piha Patrol); making it the first reality show in the world following lifeguards. From this, the well known Piha Rescue series has taken off; having produced and aired 6 series thus far. Piha Rescue screens in New Zealand on Television New Zealand and has also been sold around the world under various titles, such as Deadly Surf and Surf Rescue. Piha Rescue.

Series details

• Title: Piha Rescue
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2013-10-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-08-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Sky Open
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8234
• TVDB ID: 266640

Cast and credited roles

• John Sumner — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 10: premiered 2013-10-28; final listed air date 2013-12-16.
• Season 11: premiered 2015-10-06; final listed air date 2015-12-15.
• Season 12: premiered 2016-06-07; final listed air date 2016-08-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Piha Rescue on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.