Tough Conditions at the Water at the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and Taggart Women’s Pro 2016 Surfest

Newcastle NSW, Australia (Friday, February 26, 2016): A Stronger than expected cold front has swept through Merewether Beach today making conditions difficult for competitors at the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and the Taggart Women’s Pro. The swell was slowly increasing all day to around three-to-four feet but was accompanied with strong, blustery cross-onshore […]

Top Seed’s Hit the Water in the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and Taggart Women’s Pro 2016 Surfest

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Newcastle NSW, Australia (Thursday, February 25, 2016): Two of the biggest names in Australian Sport were among the droves of talent on display today at the Taggart Women’s Pro and the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro. Conditions were much the same as yesterday with clean two-to-three foot waves on offer for competitors. After suffering […]

Swell Builds at the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and Taggart Women’s Pro 2016 Surfest

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Newcastle NSW, Australia (Wednesday, February 24, 2016): With an overnight increase in swell and light morning winds, Day 3 of the Maitland and Port Stephens Pro and the Taggart Women’s Pro was filled with incredible surfing from some of the sport’s biggest names. The first heat of the day was absolutely stacked with big names […]

A Huge Day of Action at the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and Taggart Women’s Pro

Newcastle NSW, Australia (Tuesday, February 23, 2016): Day 2 of the Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Pro and the Taggart Women’s Pro has been completed in building two-to-three foot waves at Merewether Beach as part of the 2016 Surfest Newcastle. World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) surfer Matt Wilkinson took to the water today […]

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Coastalwatch joins Surfest 2016 as our official surf forecaster

Merewether, NSW, AUSTRALIA 15 February 2016 Surfest has partnered with Coastalwatch to bring the latest and most detailed up to date surf forecast to the festival. In this digital age of information at everyone’s fingertips it has always been our goal to provide our online audience with the best live coverage of both of our […]

Maitland Port Stephens Toyota Surfest Wildcard Trials 2016

Sunday January 31 2016 (Birubi Beach, Port Stephens NSW Australia) The 2016 Maitland and Port Stephens Toyota Surfest Trials were held today in very good offshore 1 metre waves on Birubi Beach, Port Stephens NSW. Over 40 male and female competitors competed for a wildcard into the World Surf league 6000 Maitland and Port Stephens […]

Wilson and Fitzgibbons top seeds at Surfest 2016

(Newcastle, AUSTRALIA, 20 January 2015) WORLD number six Julian Wilson and women’s world number three Sally Fitzgibbons head a record field of 347 surfers from 22 countries vying for a start in the 6000 point Qualifying Series (QS) events at the 2016 Surfest Newcastle Australia which gets underway next month at Merewether beach. When entries […]