Located in the western Galilee on the coastal highway just north of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council.

Most of the kibbutz founders made their way to Palestine as part of the Aliyah Bet organization, and were consequently interned in DP camps in Cyprus.

The founders originally resided in the agricultural experimental government station near Acre, and moved to the permanent location in 1950.

[5] Designer Tzuri Gueta attended secondary school at Shomrat, and his first job was in the kibbutz knitting factory.

[6] In August of 1988, a gang rape occurred in the kibbutz resulting in changes to Israeli law on sexual assault.