Surfest

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