Live scoring of the event will be available via LiveHeats. The heat draw has been published HERE in advance of the weekend, although it remains subject to change.

Following the ISA's heat formats, heats with two participants will be bypassed, automatically advancing contestants to the next round.

We are proud to announce Caravan and Motorhome Club as the event's headline sponsor for their remarkable 10th consecutive year. Join their friendly crew onsite for beach cleaning

As you gear up for the English National Surfing Championships in Watergate Bay, Cornwall, why not make your experience even more exhilarating. The Caravan and Motorhome Club , partnered with Experience Freedom , offer a range of accommodation options, from cozy cabins to luxury yurts, set in some of the most picturesque locations in the UK. Treamble Valley Club Campsite , Merrose farm and Trewethett Farm are all a short drive away from the contest site. With stays from as little as £16.70 per night, why wait to book?

Picture yourself riding the waves by day and unwinding in the comfort of your own tranquil accommodation by night.

As a Surfing England Member, Caravan and Motorhome Club offer 10% off their yearly Membership and 8% off Experience Freedom (glamping/camping). With The Caravan and Motorhome Club and Experience Freedom, you're not just securing accommodation – you're embarking on an unforgettable journey filled with freedom, flexibility, and endless possibilities. Start planning your surf getaway today and dive headfirst into the excitement of life on the open road.

Amazing prizes and giveaways are on offer this weekend, with headline sponsors Caravan and Motorhome Club awarding champions a Dover-Calais ferry crossing for 4 people and a 1 year membership for 2nd, 3rd and 4th finishers. Our friends at dryrobe have product for all podium finishers, as do korev lager for over 18s, and some really handy prizes from Decathlon UK.

Stay tuned on social media for updates, follow @SurfingEngland on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter.

Over 30 locations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be host to protesters calling for an end to sewage pollution.

Saturday 18 May. Thousands of protesters will take to coasts and rivers across the UK today to protest against the state of the nation’s waterways. The protests have been coordinated by Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), who are calling for an end to the sewage discharges plaguing the UK’s rivers and seas, as sewage overflows continue to have a devastating impact on ecological and human health.

Over 30 protests are set to take place at local beaches and rivers, spanning locations from Cornwall to Edinburgh. Flagship protests are taking place at West Pier in Brighton and at Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth, with Olympian and keen paddle-boarder Dame Kelly Holmes set to join protesters on the south coast.

Giles Bristow, CEO of Surfers Against Sewage, said: “Once again, the public face a grim choice this summer - risk swallowing shit or forgo a dip in the water.

“This year offers an opportunity to turn our collective anger into action and end the sewage scandal, with panicked politicians in listening mode, desperate to ride the waves of popular sentiment. A general election is imminent, and the public are out on the beachfronts and riverbanks making it clear that the issue of sewage pollution is at the top of the agenda. Ahead of the election, all parties need to show people genuine and quantifiable commitments to eliminate sewage pollution, or suffer the consequences.”

This year is a huge opportunity for action on sewage pollution. Water quality is predicted to be a core issue influencing voters in the next general election, which must happen before January 2025. Meanwhile, in June, regulator Ofwat - whose role is to challenge and scrutinise water companies to ensure they deliver safe and reliable water to people and protect the environment - will deliver recommendations on water companies’ investment plans for the next five years (2025 - 2030).

Water companies have proposed plans for £11 billion in investment for reducing sewage discharges for this period, with customer bills increasing in tandem – a move that has sparked outrage among the public, particularly in the context of the profits paid out to water company bosses and shareholders year on year. According to analysis by the Financial Times, water companies in England and Wales paid out £2.5bn in dividends in the two financial years since 2021 and a total of more than £78bn in dividends in the 33 years since privatisation.

Giles Bristow added: “Thousands are protesting on the water this weekend to let politicians, regulators and water companies know that the public aren’t going to let them wriggle out of demands for clean seas and rivers. We’re calling for plans that are ambitious enough to end sewage pollution in high-priority nature sites and the waters we surf, swim and paddle in by 2030, putting people and nature before profit. We won’t tolerate this broken system any longer.”

Double Gold medal-winning Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes, who will be paddling out with protesters in Brighton, said: “I love nothing more than getting out into the open water on my paddle-board - it does wonders for my mental health, and there's such a sense of community amongst those who use our wild waterways for sport and recreation.”

“But this incredibly special pastime has been tainted for all of us by the persistent risk of getting sick from pollution. The poor state of our rivers and seas is shocking and infuriating. Whole generations are being deprived of the right to safely enjoy the benefits that blue spaces offer. Our waterways are for us and should be here to enjoy as they are so important for our collective health and wellbeing. Events costing thousands are getting cancelled. To see our rivers and seas being treated so appallingly by those responsible for looking after them is nothing short of a national scandal.”

“I’m paddling out with Surfers Against Sewage and thousands of water-lovers across the country because I’m passionate about our waterways, I’m angry about what’s being done to them, and I want the polluters and those in power to hear our demands to end sewage pollution now.”

In 2023, there were 584,001 recorded discharges across England, Scotland and Wales - a 51% increase on the previous year - with sewage released into waterways for a total of 12,966,322 hours. Of the 11 water companies with monitoring in place, United Utilities was the worst offender, reporting 97,537 discharges in 2023. Yorkshire Water and Severn Trent Water were hot on its heels, reporting 77,761 and 60,253 discharges respectively. SAS analysis has found that Welsh Water had a total of 108,860 discharges, although this is not directly comparable to England due to differing methods of reporting.

Paddle-outs will be taking place in the majority of water company catchments this weekend – including Scottish Water, where there were 15,289 spills last year, and Northern Ireland Water, where discharge figures are unavailable due to a lack of monitoring.

The Environment Agency boasts that 100% of storm overflows in England are now fitted with monitoring devices. However, analysis of this year’s Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data by SAS has revealed that EDM monitors at 1,930 storm overflows, 13.3% of the total monitored overflows, are operating at less than 90% capacity – which means the discharge figures for England in 2023 are an underestimate.

Sally McGee, Tynemouth protest organiser and SAS supporter, said: “Every surfer across the UK knows that they run the risk of getting sick if they surf. Many beaches on the beautiful coast around Tynemouth are subject to the discharge of raw sewage immediately after or during storms. You can smell and taste the difference in the water. It’s really upsetting and feels like we are going backwards in time.”

“As a surfer, I believe we have a beautiful relationship with the ocean - we see it in all its glory, and we see it suffer. Up here, we share the ocean with bottlenose dolphins and common seals, whilst fulmar birds fly above us. When I surf and the water is brown from pollution as untreated sewage leaves the Tyne, I can only imagine how marine life endures it. We can choose if we surf, but it’s their everyday habitat.”

“We are protesting in Tynemouth because we are outraged that water companies and our politicians have allowed this to happen. They have a vital role in society and are abusing their position. They must stop the greed, invest and do better. We demand an end to sewage discharges in our bathing waters by 2030.”

SAS is calling for an end to sewage discharges into all bathing waters and high-priority nature sites by 2030.

Key SAS paddle-out protests are taking place at the following locations and times:

Falmouth - Gyllyngvase Beach 10:00
Brighton - West Pier 11:00
Bedford - Castle Mound 14:00
Scarborough - South Bay 12:00
Marine Lake, Clevedon 10:00
Hythe - Hythe Beach 10:30
Plymouth - Plymouth Hoe East 11:00
Saltburn - Saltburn Pier 10:00
Shepperton Lake 10:00
Edinburgh - Portobello Beach 10:30
Caswell - Caswell Bay 09:00
River Severn - Frankwell Slipway 10:30
Wallasey - Wallasey Beach 18:30
Portrush - West Strand Beach 09:30

Rip Curl, the iconic surf brand, is thrilled to announce the return of the Rip Curl Virtual Pro presented by Western Australia, an innovative surfing competition open to all Rip Curl GPS watch owners. This year, surfers globally can actively take part in the competition running from May 25 to May 30 2024. Participants will be in the running for a trip of a lifetime to the stunning Margaret River Region in Western Australia, for the winner and three mates.

The Rip Curl Virtual Pro, is a unique opportunity for surfers of all levels to compete in one of the largest global surf contests by surfing their local breaks. Surfers simply need to log their sessions using the Rip Curl SearchGPS Surf Watch and the SearchGPS app between May 25 and May 30, 2024. Rip Curl will track every surf session and analyse the data using the Rip Curl SearchGPS Surf Watch. Surfers are scored in real-time based on three key criteria: wave length, wave speed, and number of waves surfed.

The Rip Curl Virtual Pro is possible due to Rip Curl’s leading innovative technology, allowing surfers across the world the ability to plan, capture, and relive their surfing activity (privately or with friends) on their smartphone devices. James Taylor, Head of Brand and Marketing at Rip Curl said “We are excited to bring back the Rip Curl Virtual Pro, a competition that celebrates our community of surfers and the innovative technology of our SearchGPS watch. This year, we’re inviting surfers to actively participate and track their progress for the chance to win this dream prize to Western Australia’s indulgent Margaret River Region.”

Rip Curl launched the first-ever Virtual Pro competition in 2023 which came as a surprise to owners of a Rip Curl Search GPS Watch, who didn’t even know they were part of the competition. Last year’s winner Nick Cashin scored an epic trip to Fiji with three of his mates. “It has been almost a year and I still don't have words to describe the surrealness of that whole experience. How do you describe your childhood dream becoming a reality? I felt like any minute, any wipeout, surely I would wake back up again. Although I never did! I actually got the call, out of the blue, Rip Curl took me on The Search!” said Cashin.

For further information on Rip Curl’s virtual pro and how to get involved, please visit the link here.

How to Enter
1. Log Your Surfs: Use your Rip Curl SearchGPS Surf Watch to record your surfing sessions between May 25-30, 2024.
2. Sync Your Data: Ensure your sessions are uploaded to your SearchGPS app account.
3. Increase Your Chances: The more you surf, the higher your chances of winning, as the competition focuses on wave length, wave speed, and number of waves surfed.

The Grand Prize
One lucky surfer will win the ultimate surfing holiday to explore the otherworldly coastline of the renowned Margaret River Region in Western Australia, travelling from June 24 to June 28, 2024.

The prize package includes:
● Flights and four nights' accommodation (T's and C's apply).
● Brand new wetsuits
● A $500 AUD Rip Curl voucher for the winner and their three friends
● A total prize value of over $20,000 AUD

Runners-up and the top ten participants will also receive Rip Curl vouchers worth $250 AUD and $100 AUD respectively.

Occy has been kidnapped.

Occy has issued a demand that is cardboard replica is returned to Jack Mccoy after it was 'borrowed' for the Astor Theatre Lorne. The incident as caught on CCTV.

Jack McCoy said...

“You’ve got 24 hours to return me” says the 1999 World Champ

Help us find the Occy and return him to the Lorne Theatre by 5pm today and you’ll win a MYSTERY PRIZE PACK and a double pass to tonight’s show!

The legend that walked away will also win a prize if he returns him on time "

Book now: JackMcCoy.com