| Director: | 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 (Series 1 & 2) 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 |
| Opentheme: | "Aiming for Your Head" by Betchadupa |
| Endtheme: | "Aiming for Your Head" |
| Country: | Australia |
| Num Seasons: | 3 |
| Num Episodes: | 78 |
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| Language: | English |
| Executive Producer: | Noel Price Claire Henderson (series 1 & 2) Matt Bruce (series 1) Tim Brooke-Hunt (series 3) |
| Producer: | Dennis Kiely Noel Price |
| Editor: | Simon Martin Patrick Stewart Michael J. Hagan |
| Cinematography: | Russell Bacon Brendan Lavelle |
| Runtime: | 25-26 minutes |
| Company: | Southern Star Entertainment |
| Network: | ABC1 Nickelodeon |
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.[1]
There are three series/seasons in Blue Water High. The first two series aired 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.
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.
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.http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2084157
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]
Episodes of season 2 were not named but were numbered from 1 to 26.
Episodes of season 3 were also not named, but were numbered from 1 to 26.
| Country | Channel | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Nickelodeon (Italy), Italia 1 and Boing (Italy) | 2006 - 2010 | |
 | 2005 - 2008 | ||
 | 2007 - 2012 | ||
 | 2005 - 2010 | ||
| 2014 - | |||
 | SVT1, Barnkanalen[3] | 2007 - 2011 | |
 | ZigZap, TVP1 and Filmy+ | 2007 - 2010 | |
| 2007 - 2010 | |||
| 2007 - 2010 | |||
 | La 2, Neox and Clan TVE | 2007 - 2010 | |
 | Filles TV/June | 2007 - 2010 | |
| 2012 - 2015 | |||
 | 2007 - 2011 | ||
| 2009 - 2019 | |||
| 2009 - 2013 | |||
 | 2009 - 2014 | ||
| Falkland Islands Television Service | 2009 - 2013 | ||
| 2009 | |||
| Magic World 112 | 2010 - 2013 | ||
 | Boomerang and Pop Girl | 2006 - 2012 | |
 | 2010s | ||
 | Teen TV | 2011 | |
 | 2010s |
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.
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, 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.
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.
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
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.
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 (Australia) | Special Features | Distributors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Water High: Season 1 | DVD | 26 | 04 | 9 February 2007 | None | Roadshow |
| Blue Water High: Season 2 | DVD | 26 | 04 | 2007 | None | Roadshow |
| Blue Water High: Seasons 1-3 | DVD | 78 | 12 | 7 October 2020 | N/A | Via Vision Entertainment/Madman Entertainment |
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 |