The surf club was successful in receiving $238,000 through the NSW government's 2020/21 Surf Club Facility Program.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams and Minister for Sport Natalie Ward met with volunteers, nippers and the local community to congratulate them on their grant.

The funds will be used for renovations to the ground floor amenities, including new change rooms and disabled toilets.

Mrs Williams said the funding was vitally important to ensure local volunteers continue to keep residents and visitors safe at local beaches.

"Tacking Point volunteers are on patrol in good or bad weather keeping us safe in the water," Mrs Williams said.

"This funding is so important to ensuring they can continue to deliver a world-class service."

Minister for Sport Natalie Ward said Tacking Point Surf Life Saving Club was among 29 clubs to share in $3.5 million funding in this year's program.

"This funding will be vital for the club and the local community who deserve state-of-the-art facilities," Mrs Ward said.

"The Surf Club Facility Program has now been extended as part of the upcoming this year's budget to include $16 million over the next for years for surf clubs.

"Grants will be available for projects that create inclusive and accessible surf life saving facilities that support increased participation; I encourage all clubs to apply when the next round opens."

President of Surf Life Saving NSW George Shales OAM said that ensuring rescue facilities across NSW remained safe, accessible and secure was a top priority.

"Surf Life Saving Clubs are often the hub of their communities and our volunteer lifesavers should have access to fit-for-purpose facilities so they can focus on saving lives. This allows significant upgrades to surf club facilities to improve access for our 75,000 members," Mr Shales said.

"With 129 clubs across the state, volunteer surf lifesavers performed 2,500 rescues, 141,000 preventative actions and 7,000 first aid treatments last year."

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