Blue Water High

Blue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries. Each season follows the lives of a young group of students at Solar Blue, a high-performance surf academy where several lucky 16-year-olds are selected for a 12-month-long surfing program at Bilgola Beach, Sydney.
There are three seasons in Blue Water High. The first two seasons aired in 2005 and 2006 and the producers did not intend to create a third and final season. However, due to popular demand by fans, they relented and made one more season with only Kate Bell returning in a main role. Season 3 ended with the closure of Solar Blue because of a lack of funding, indicating that the show would most likely not continue.

Plot summary

Season 1

The first season consisted of twenty-six episodes. It starred Adam Saunders as Heath, Tahyna Tozzi as Perri, Sophie Luck as Fly, Kate Bell as Bec, Khan Chittenden as Edge, Chris Foy as Matt and Mara Scherzinger as Anna. At the end of the year, two of them get a wild card spot on the pro-circuit tour. The first season was released on DVD in 4 volumes, though fans are strongly urging for a complete re-release featuring the entire season in one package, as was later done with season 2. Sophie Luck won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor for her role in the series. The winners for season 1 were Fly and Edge.

Season 2

Filming of a second season began in early January 2006 in Sydney, with a revised cast, which included Sophie Luck, Adam Saunders as Heath, Trent Dalzell as Corey, Ryan Corr as Eric, Lesley Anne Mitchell as Brooke, Taryn Marler as Rachel, Gabrielle Scollay as Amy, and James Sorensen as Mike. It premiered on 28 June 2006. Luck, Saunders, Kate Bell, Chris Foy, Tahyna Tozzi, Nadine Garner and Khan Chittenden all reappeared in the second season in various episodes. The winners of season 2 were Brooke and Eric.
The complete second season was released on DVD in Australia on 1 October 2007.

Season 3

The third and final season began filming in October 2007. Kate Bell returns as Bec for season 3 and is joined by Craig Horner as Garry. The new Solar Blue pupils are Guy, Charley, Adam, Bridget, Loren and Cassie. Season 3 began screening on Rollercoaster on 3 April 2008.
The winners are Bridget and Adam, but Bridget decides to go to university instead of joining the Pro Circuit, so Loren gets the wild card after Cassie literally 'draws the short straw'. In the last episode, Simmo makes a surprise return as one of the three judges in what is described as "one of the best finals Solar Blue has seen", saving the day as he pulls "not a rabbit out of a hat, but an elephant", ensuring that the winners of the final surf-off still get a wild card invitation.

Cast

Season one

Kate Bell as Rebecca 'Bec' Sanderson
Khan Chittenden as Dean 'Edge' Edgely
Chris Foy - Matthew 'Matt' Leyland
Sophie Luck as Fiona 'Fly' Watson
Adam Saunders as Heath Carroll
Mara Scherzinger - Anna Peterson
Tahyna Tozzi as Perri Lawe
Martin Lynes as Craig 'Simmo' Simmonds
Nadine Garner as Deborah 'Deb' Callum
Liz Burch as Jilly
Matt Rudduck as Joe Sanderson
Clae Whitelaw as Simon Heart
Don Halbert as Mr. Savin
Season two
Ryan Corr as Eric Tanner
Gabrielle Scollay as Amy Reed
James Sorensen as Michael 'Mike' Kruze
Lesley Anne Mitchell as Brooke Solomon
Trent Dalzell as Corey Petrie
Taryn Marler as Rachael Samuels
Adam Saunders as Heath Carroll
Sophie Luck as Fiona 'Fly' Watson
Kate Bell as Rebecca 'Bec' Sanderson
Martin Lynes as Craig 'Simmo' Simmonds
Joe Ireland as Dave Jones
Liz Burch as Jilly
Natasha Sitkowski as Greta
Don Halbert as Mr. Savin
Season three
Kain O'Keeffe as Guy Spender
Lachlan Buchanan as Charley Prince
Eka Darville as Adam Bridge
Cariba Heine as Bridget Sanchez
Amy Beckwith as Lauren 'Loren' Power
Rebecca Breeds as Cassandra 'Cassie' Cometti
Craig Horner as Garry Miller
Kate Bell as Rebecca 'Bec' Sanderson
Tom Fisher as James Cassidy
Erol Cimen as Michael De Santa
Don Halbert as Mr. Savin
List of episodes

Series one (May–November 2005)

Series two (June–December 2006)

Episodes of season 2 were not named but were numbered from 1 to 26.

Series three (April–September 2008)

Episodes of season 3 were also not named, but were numbered from 1 to 26.

International broadcasts

Africa

In South Africa, Blue Water High was aired twice a week on Go on the local satellite system, DSTV. After DSTV added more MNET channels, Blue Water High started airing every weekday at 19:30 on Magic World 112 from 1 July 2010.

Europe

In Germany, the series is called Blue Water High, die Surf-Akademie and is broadcast on KI.KA. In Ireland Blue Water High was broadcast on RTÉ Two as part of The Den and, in Spain, the show was broadcast on La 2, Clan TVE and Neox. In France, it was broadcast on Filles TV as Blue Water High: Surf Academy in 2007 and France Ô has started re-airing the series on 12 November 2012. In Norway the show aired on TV 2 Zebra. In Portugal, SIC also bought the first season, and it aired in the country from Monday to Friday at 5pm in Summer 2009; the show was named Mar Azul. It also started again on SIC K in December of that year, where it has, since, been airing, on and off. The series also began airing on RTL 8 in the Netherlands from 2009 onwards. In the United Kingdom, it was broadcast on Boomerang and later on Pop Girl.

North America

Blue Water High was broadcast online in USA through the former The WB Television Network, which was resurrected by the Warner Bros. television arm as a website in 2008. Currently, the series is now streaming on Tubi.

Oceania

In Australia, the country of its origin, Blue Water High aired once every week on ABC3. In New Zealand, Blue Water High currently airs every Saturday afternoon on TV2

South America

In the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, the show is titled Blue Water High, Escuela del Surf, which translates as "Blue Water High, Surf Academy", and is broadcast on Boomerang Latin America. In Brazil, it is broadcast by Boomerang Brazil and TV Brasil under the title Galera do Surfe. In Falkland Islands, Blue Water High was aired on Falkland Islands Television Service Tuesdays to Friday at 15:00 and Saturday at 11:30.

Home media

DVD releases

Season 3 was not originally released on DVD, but in October 2020 a complete collection boxset was released, which included all three seasons.

Title	Format	Ep #	Discs	Region 4	Special features	Distributors
Blue Water High: Season 1	DVD	26	04	9 February 2007	-	Roadshow
Blue Water High: Season 2	DVD	26	04	2007	-	Roadshow
Blue Water High: Seasons 1-3	DVD	78	12	7 October 2020	N/A	Via Vision Entertainment/Madman Entertainment

Online streaming

All Seasons of Blue Water High are currently streaming for release on 7plus.

Title	Format	Ep #	Release date	Distributors
Blue Water High: Season 01	Streaming	26	2019	7plus
Blue Water High: Season 02	Streaming	26	2019	7plus
Blue Water High: Season 03	Streaming	26	2019	7plus