Patea and Waverley pools are open between noon and 7pm during the school holidays, weekends and public holidays.
During term time the pools were open from 3.30pm to 7pm during the school week.
On duty at the Patea pool is young life guard Catherine Landers, who lives just outside Hawera.
Catherine said when she was at college in New Plymouth she had been swimming competitively for years and had always loved it.
Becoming a life guard was a natural progression, she said.