Blue Water High

Blue Water High
Opening title card (season 1)
Written by	Shelly Birse Charlie Richardson Jennifer Mellet Kristen Dunphy Michael Miller John Armstrong Marissa Cooke Noel Price Chris Phillips David Ogilvy
Directed by	Marcus Cole Ralph Strasser Ian Watson Chris Martin-Jones
Starring	Series 1 Sophie Luck (series 1 & 2) Tahyna Tozzi Kate Bell (series 1 & 3) Mara Scherzinger Khan Chittenden Adam Saunders Christopher Foy Series 2 Gabrielle Scollay Lesley Anne Mitchell Taryn Marler James Sorensen Ryan Corr Trent Dalzell Martin Lynes Liz Burch Series 3 Cariba Heine Kain O'Keeffe Lachlan Buchanan Eka Darville Amy Beckwith Rebecca Breeds Craig Horner Don Halbert (series 1–3) Nell Mitchell
Theme music composer	Liam Finn
Opening theme	"Aiming for Your Head" by Betchadupa
Ending theme	"Aiming for Your Head"
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	78 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Noel Price Claire Henderson (series 1 & 2) Matt Bruce (series 1) Tim Brooke-Hunt (series 3)
Producers	Dennis Kiely Noel Price
Cinematography	Russell Bacon Brendan Lavelle
Editors	Simon Martin Patrick Stewart Michael J. Hagan
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Southern Star Entertainment
Release
Original network	ABC1 Nickelodeon
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Original release	11 May 2005 (2005-05-11) – 25 September 2008 (2008-09-25)
External links
Website

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 Avalon Beach, Sydney.^[1]

There are three series in Blue Water High. The first two series were screened in 2005 and 2006 and the producers did not intend to create a third and final series. However, due to popular demand by fans, they relented and made one more series with only Kate Bell returning in a main role. Series three ended with the closure of Solar Blue because of a lack of funding, indicating that the show would most likely not continue.

Plot summary[]

Series one[]

The first series consisted of twenty-six episodes. It starred Adam Saunders as Heath, the relaxed joker who struggles with school; Tahyna Tozzi as Perri, resident glamour queen from the Gold Coast; Sophie Luck as Fly, the youngest; Kate Bell as Bec, the local; Khan Chittenden as Edge, the aggressive and competitive teenager; Chris Foy as Matt, the generic 'smart guy' and Mara Scherzinger as Anna, a famous German Kiteboarder. At the end of the year, two of them (one girl and one boy) get a wild card spot on the pro-circuit tour. The first series 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 Series Two. Sophie Luck won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor for her role in the series. The winners for series one were Fly and Edge.

Series two[]

Filming of a second series began in early January 2006 in Sydney, with a revised cast, which included Sophie Luck who was back as Fly, Adam Saunders as Heath, who leaves in episode six and 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. Sophie Luck, Adam Saunders, Kate Bell, Chris Foy, Tahyna Tozzi, Nadine Garner and Khan Chittenden have all reappeared in the second series in various episodes. The winners of Series Two were Brooke and Eric.

The complete second series was released on DVD in Australia on 1 October 2007.[1]^{[permanent dead link]}

Series three[]

The third and final series began filming in October 2007. Kate Bell returns as Bec for series three and is joined by Craig Horner as Garry. The new Solar Blue pupils are Guy (Kain O'Keeffe), Charley (Lachlan Buchanan), Adam (Eka Darville), Bridget (Cariba Heine), Loren (Amy Beckwith) and Cassie (Rebecca Breeds). Series Three 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' (as they both have the same number of points in the final surf-off so they decide who gets the wild card this way). 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.^[2]

Cast[]

Series one[]

Series 1 cast of Blue Water High, from left to right: Back Row: Bec, Heath, Matt, Simmo, Deb, and Anna. Middle Row: Perri Front Row: Edge and Fly

• Kate Bell – Rebecca "Bec" Sanderson
• Khan Chittenden – Dean "Edge" Edgely
• Chris Foy – Matthew "Matt" Leyland
• Sophie Luck – Fiona "Fly" Watson
• Adam Saunders – Heath Carroll
• Mara Scherzinger – Anna Peterson
• Tahyna Tozzi – Perri Lawe
• Martin Lynes – Craig "Simmo" Simmonds
• Nadine Garner – Deborah "Deb" Callum
• Liz Burch – Jilly
• Matt Rudduck – Joe Sanderson
• Clae Whitelaw – Simon Heart
• Don Halbert – Mr. Savin

Series two[]

Series 2 cast of Blue Water High, from left to right: Back Row: Amy, Fly, Eric, and Corey Front Row: Rachael, Mike, and Brooke

• Ryan Corr – Eric Tanner
• Gabrielle Scollay – Amy Reed
• James Sorensen – Michael "Mike" Kruze
• Lesley Anne Mitchell – Brooke Solomon
• Trent Dalzell – Corey Petrie
• Taryn Marler – Rachael Samuels
• Adam Saunders – Heath Carroll
• Sophie Luck – Fiona "Fly" Watson
• Kate Bell – Rebecca "Bec" Sanderson
• Martin Lynes – Craig "Simmo" Simmonds
• Joe Ireland – Dave Jones
• Liz Burch – Jilly
• Natasha Sitkowski – Greta
• Don Halbert – Mr. Savin

Series three[]

Series 3 cast of Blue Water High, from left to right: Back Row: Garry, and Bec Middle Row: Bridget, Cassie, and Loren Front Row: Guy, Adam, and Charley

• Kain O'Keeffe – Guy Spender
• Lachlan Buchanan – Charley Prince
• Eka Darville – Adam Bridge
• Cariba Heine – Bridget Sanchez
• Amy Beckwith – Lauren "Loren" Power
• Rebecca Breeds – Cassandra "Cassie" Cometti
• Craig Horner – Garry Miller
• Kate Bell – Rebecca "Bec" Sanderson
• Tom Fisher – James Cassidy
• Erol Cimen – Michael De Santa
• Don Halbert – 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[]

Country	Channel	Year
Italy	Nickelodeon (Italy), Italia 1 and Boing (Italy)	2006–2010
Mexico	Boomerang	2005–2008
New Zealand	TV2	2007–2012
Australia	ABC TV	2005–2010
	Australia Network	2014–
Sweden	SVT1, Barnkanalen[3]	2007–2011
Poland	ZigZap, TVP1 and Filmy+	2007–2010
Germany	KI.KA	2007–2010
Ireland	RTÉ Two	2007–2010
Spain	La 2, Neox and Clan TVE	2007–2010
France	Filles TV/June	2007–2010
	France Ô	2012–2015
Norway	TV2 Zebra	2007–2011
Portugal	SIC and SIC K	2009–2019
Netherlands	RTL 8	2009–2013
Brazil	Boomerang Brazil and TV Brasil	2009–2014
British Virgin Islands	Falkland Islands Television Service	2009–2013
South Africa	Go	2009
	Magic World 112	2010–2013
Great Britain	Boomerang and Pop Girl	2006–2012
Belgium	Ketnet	2010s
Russia	Teen TV	2011
Romania	Megamax	2010s

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 (which means "Blue Water High, the Surf Academy") and is broadcast on KI.KA (a children's channel). 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 ("Blue Sea"). It also started again on SIC K in December of that year. 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. In Portugal the series is called "Mar Azul" (Blue Sea) and it was first aired on Teenbox a teen program on the TV Channel SIC, Saturdays and Sundays, the three seasons aired, and then the TV show was transferred to the teen channel of SIC, called SIC K, and since then it has been aired frequently, even with some time interval, the series is aired till today, 2019.

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.^[4] 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 (The Surf Crowd). 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 03 was not originally released on DVD. But in October 2020 a Complete collection boxset was release which included all three seasons.

Online streaming[]

All Season s of Blue Water High are currently streaming for release on 7plus

References[]

External links[]

• Blue Water High at the Australian Television Information Archive
• Blue Water High at IMDb
• Blue Water High at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Blue Water High - "Winners and Losers" at Australian Screen Online