Blue Water High

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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 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 (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 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 (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 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.[1]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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 (Kain O'Keeffe), Charley (Lachlan Buchanan), Adam (Eka Darville), Bridget (Cariba Heine), Loren (Amy Beckwith) and Cassie (Rebecca Breeds). 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' (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

Season one

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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

Season two

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

Season three

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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

List of episodes

Series one (May–November 2005)

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Series two (June–December 2006)

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Series three (April–September 2008)

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International broadcasts

Country Channel Year
Template:Flagcountry Nickelodeon (Italy), Italia 1 and Boing (Italy) 2006–2010
Template:Flagcountry Boomerang 2005–2008
Template:Flagcountry TV2 2007–2012
Template:Flagcountry ABC TV 2005–2010
Australia Network 2014–
Template:Flagcountry SVT1, Barnkanalen[3] 2007–2011
Template:Flagcountry ZigZap, TVP1 and Filmy+ 2007–2010
Template:Flagcountry KI.KA 2007–2010
Template:Flagcountry RTÉ Two 2007–2010
Template:Flagcountry La 2, Neox and Clan TVE 2007–2010
Template:Flagcountry Filles TV/June 2007–2010
France Ô 2012–2015
Template:Flagcountry TV2 Zebra 2007–2011
Template:Flagcountry SIC and SIC K 2009–2019
Template:Flagcountry RTL 8 2009–2013
Template:Flagcountry Boomerang Brazil and TV Brasil 2006–2014
Template:Flagcountry Falkland Islands Television Service 2009–2013
Template:Flagcountry Go 2009
Magic World 112 2010–2013
Template:Flagcountry Boomerang and Pop Girl 2006–2012
Template:Flagcountry Ketnet 2010s
Template:Flagcountry Teen TV 2011
Template:Flagcountry 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, 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.[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 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

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

References

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External links

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