Surfest

Template:Short description Surfest is an annual surfing competition held in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Surfest began in 1985 as an initiative of Newcastle City Council, and at the time, was the world's richest surfing competition. The event runs for thirteen days, and from the 2007 event, has been held at Merewether Beach, having been held between Newcastle Beach and South Newcastle Beach in the past.

Surfest adopted a festival-style approach in 2015, with smaller, more official events held on surrounding beaches in the lead-up to the main event.

Event champions

Year	Men's division	Women's division	Location
1985	Template:Flagicon Tom Curren	Template:Flagicon Wendy Botha	Newcastle Beach
1986	Template:Flagicon Mark Occhilupo	Template:Flagicon Frieda Zamba
1987	Template:Flagicon Tom Carroll	Template:Flagicon Jodie Cooper
1988	Template:Flagicon Damien Hardman	Template:Flagicon Pam Burridge
1989	Template:Flagicon Tom Carroll	Template:Flagicon Pauline Menzcer
1990	Template:Flagicon Mike Parsons	Template:Flagicon Michelle Donoghue
1991	event not held
1992	Template:Flagicon Damien Hardman	Template:Flagicon Vanessa Ousbourne
1993	Template:Flagicon Barton Lynch	Template:Flagicon Pam Burridge
1994	Template:Flagicon Shane Powell	Template:Flagicon Pam Burridge
1995	Template:Flagicon Michael Rommelse	Template:Flagicon Neridah Falconer
1996	Template:Flagicon Guilherme Herdy	Template:Flagicon Neridah Falconer
1997	Template:Flagicon Shane Bevan	Template:Flagicon Kylie Webb
1998	Template:Flagicon Mark Occhilupo	Template:Flagicon Hayley Tasker
1999	Template:Flagicon Taylor Knox	not held
2000	Template:Flagicon Mick Fanning
2001	Template:Flagicon Mick Campbell
2002	Template:Flagicon Mick Fanning
2003	Template:Flagicon Dayyan Neve	Template:Flagicon Rebecca Woods
2004	Template:Flagicon Kelly Slater	Template:Flagicon Rebecca Woods
2005	Template:Flagicon Mick Fanning	Template:Flagicon Lynette McKenzie
2006	Template:Flagicon Neco Padaratz	Template:Flagicon Rebecca Woods
2007	Template:Flagicon Jay Thomson	Template:Flagicon Silvana Lima	Merewether Beach
2008	Template:Flagicon Adriano De Souza	Template:Flagicon Stephanie Gilmore
2009	Template:Flagicon Travis Logie	Template:Flagicon Phillipa Anderson
2010	Template:Flagicon Glenn Hall	Template:Flagicon Kirby Wright
2011	Template:Flagicon Dion Atkinson	Template:Flagicon Coco Ho
2012	Template:Flagicon Willian Cardosa	Template:Flagicon Sally Fitzgibbons
2013	Template:Flagicon Joel Parkinson	Template:Flagicon Dimity Stoyle
2014	Template:Flagicon Matt Banting	Template:Flagicon Malia Manuel
2015	Template:Flagicon Alejo Muniz	Template:Flagicon Ellie Brooks
2016	Template:Flagicon Matt Wilkinson	Template:Flagicon Sally Fitzgibbons
2017	Template:Flagicon Yago Dora	Template:Flagicon Johanne Defay
2018	Template:Flagicon Mikey Wright	Template:Flagicon Coco Ho
2019	Template:Flagicon Alex Ribeiro	Template:Flagicon Sally Fitzgibbons
2020	Template:Flagicon Julian Wilson	Template:Flagicon Bronte Macaulay
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022	Template:Flagicon Jackson Baker	Template:Flagicon Macy Callaghan	Merewether Beach
2023	Template:Flagicon Joel Vaughan	Template:Flagicon Bronte Macaulay
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External links

• Association of Surfing Professionals
• Surfest
• Energy Australia

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