Long Reef SLSC was founded in 1950 with 29 members and without a clubhouse. Part of a bus shelter on Pittwater Road was leased from the then Department of Road Transport and Tramways to act as a gear shed. Current membership is over 750 ranging from nippers to retired founding members. As a number of founding members attended or had attended the Shore School in North Sydney, the school colours (navy blue and white) were adopted as the club colours. Long Reef SLSC can proudly boast 'No Lives Lost' during patrol hours.