Mount Maunganui's strong showing on both sand and surf saw them take out top club honours at the annual Whangamata Classic.

The completion, made up of nine different events, saw the Mount club finish on 66 points, ahead of Red Beach on 47 and Piha on 41. Papamoa Surf Lifesaving Club placed fifth with 25 points.

Mount Maunganui's Andrew Newton (left) finished third in the Open Men's board race. Photo: Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media Services.

The leading Bay of Plenty club was one of 21 to descend upon on the Coromandel beach for the annual event, with familiar names taking out the top titles amongst a field of more than 650.

Jointly hosted by Surf Life Saving Northern Region and SLSNZ Eastern Region, the carnival brought some of the country's best together to compete, including a large number of high performance athletes.

Following on from his success over at the Lifesaving World Championships in France, New Zealand team member Max Beattie took out the Open Men's Board Race, Open Men's Surf Race and Open Men's Iron/Diamond events.

Piha's Kirsty Wannan also took a clean sweep in the same events in the Open Women's division.

Mount Maunganui and New Zealand Youth Team member Olivia Eaton also had a successful day on the beach, taking gold in the Open Women's Beach Sprint and the Open Women's Beach Flags.

Back on the water, Piha's Teneale Hatton won the Open Women's Ski Race and Orewa's Jack Wilson took out the Men's title.

In the Under-16 men's board race the Bay made it a clean sweep, with the Mount's Daniel Barron and Hamish Miller finishing first and third and Papamoa's Mitch Cowdrey second respectively.

Miller then backed this up with victory in the Iron/Diamond event, with Barron in second.

Also in the Iron/Diamond events Maia Bryant of Papamoa claimed the Under-16 women's version and Mason Bryant the Under-19 men.

In the team events, Paekakariki won gold in the Open Men's Taplin Relay with Piha Black taking the Women's division.

The Orewa Thunder took out the Open Men's Surf Boat with the Muriwai Cats taking the Open Women's division and the Red Beach Sirens close behind in second.

Karekare A won the Open Men's Canoe Race while it was the Red Beach Rockin Reds that took out the Women's event.

This year saw a huge field represented in the Under-16 and Under-19 age groups, with many of the New Zealand Youth Team members taking out top three placings.