


They were supported by established actors Nadine Garner (from City Homicide, 2007, and Raw FM, 1997), Martin Lynes (from All Saints, 2008) and Liz Burch (from The Flying Doctors, 1991). Other than Kate Bell (from Home and Away, 2008), the rest of the young team in series one were mostly unknown actors.

Blue Water High also won the award for ‘Fave TV Show’ at the Australian 2006 Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards, and the ‘Most Outstanding Children’s Program’ Logie in 2006. Sophie Luck who plays Fly, the youngest member of the team, won the AFI Young Actor Award in 2005. This partnership brought about the inclusion of a German cast member, Mara Scherzinger who plays Anna. The first series of this highly successful Southern Star Entertainment children’s drama was produced in 2005 for the ABC, in association with German production company Norddeutscher Rundfunk (North German Broadcasting), a public radio and television broadcaster based in Hamburg. It is a fun, challenging and sometimes unexpected journey for each of them. The girls and boys live, learn and train together and become best friends along the way, as well as fierce competitors. The stakes are high – at the end of the year, only two of them will qualify to surf the pro circuit and win a three-year sponsorship contract. 78 episodes x 30 minutes Series synopsis:Įach year, a small but diverse group of teenage surfing champions are selected to take part in an intensive 12-month residential school program at the elite Solar Blue Surf Academy at Blue Water in Sydney.
