Newcastle Surfest is the largest surfing festival in the southern hemisphere, with more than 800 male and female competitors from across the globe competing across nine events, culminating with the final event of the World Surf League, Challenger Series
Newcastle Surfest acknowledges the Awabakal people as the traditional custodians of the land and water at Merewether.
A National Surfing Reserve, Merewether is rich in aboriginal culture and is still used today for traditional Awabakal resources and teachings. The Sea Eagle is the Awabakal totem, a story linking sky, land, and sea. We pay our respects to the Awabakal people, their Elders past, present and future and extend this acknowledgement to all first nations people.
