The Great Ocean Road Womens Surf Festival is an all inclusive surfing festival celebrating everything about women’s surfing. Held at Lorne on Gadubanud Country, the festival will provide opportunities for surfers from all backgrounds and experience to come together and celebrate their love for surfing and the ocean.

Date: November 7 & 8, 2026

Featuring divisions for all ages and surfers, the surf competition will be run in collaboration with Surfing Victoria and Surf Coast Womens Boardriders Club and is a fun social comp for everyone from first timers to competitive demons!

Saturday

Divisions:

– Open Women Under 8ft (Shortboard Judging Criteria)

– Open Women Over 9ft (Longboard Judging Criteria)

– Junior Girls U18 Under 8ft (Shortboard Judging Criteria)

– Masters Women O45 Over 9ft (Longboard Judging Criteria)

$33 entry fee

Sunday

Divisions:

– Open Women Tag Team (4 surfers in each team)

– Junior Girls U18 Tag Team (4 surfers in each team)

$44 entry fee per team, all boards welcome!

What is a Tag Team?
Each team consists of 4 surfers. One surfer per team will be in the water at a time to ride a wave before they tag their team mate on the beach for their turn. Each surfer can surf unlimited waves in their heat. The highest scoring wave is used from each surfer to calculate the team’s points for that heat. Teams will have a time limit to score as many points for their team as possible. Each team is to nominate a power surfer prior to the beginning of their respective heat. The power surfer is a team member pre-selected by their coach. The power surfer points on their highest scoring wave shall be doubled. The Tag Team event will be run in accordance with Surfing Australia’ s ‘SURF TEAM’ COMPETITION RULES.

Join us for free workshops across the weekend in the Torquay Dental Surfers Hub

INFORMATION COMING SOON!

The Great Ocean Road Womens Surf Festival are proud to be offering surf  lessons across the weekend delivered by Surfing Victoria Affiliated Surf School – Go Ride A Wave.

 More details will be released in the coming months.

More information coming soon

More information coming soon

Surfing Victoria acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Gadubanud Country, their Elders past, present and future.

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