The Club offers a range of activities and encourages members to continually develop and update their lifesaving skills.
It is located at the southern end of Palm Beach, New South Wales, and members provide voluntary patrols on weekends and public holidays.
It is considered that "if you have on your resume that you're a member of Palm Beach Surf Club, you've really made Sydney's social set.
Its early membership included members of the Bullmore, Curlewis, Raine, Forrester and Hordern families.
Its current heritage-listed clubhouse, Powhokohat, was purchased in 1954 for £16,000 and was one of the first reinforced concrete private residences in Australia when it was built.