Bells Beach

Bells Beach during this years Rip Curl Pro. Photo by Nicholas Soames At Tuesday evening's monthly meeting, the Surf Coast Shire Council voted for a trial period to begin regulating… Read more »

The Surf Coast Branch of the Surfrider Foundation has put out a call for all individuals interested in protecting Bells Beach from commercial bus operators, to show up at tonight's… Read more »

There has been a lot said in the media about Bells Beach of late. On the one hand you have the likes of Roger Grant, Executive Director of Geelong Otway… Read more »

Bells Beach is famous for it's surf, the Rip Curl Pro and it's natural environment. Situated on the southern coast of Victoria, near Torquay, Bells Beach is fully exposed to… Read more »

SYDNEY, New South Wales/Australia (Wednesday, April 11, 2012) – The world is still recovering after five electric days of surfing at Bells Beach for the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Saturday, April 7, 2012) – Australian surfer Sally Fitzgibbons, 21, won back-to-back Rip Curl Women's Pro Bells Beach titles, beating four-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore in the… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Friday, April 6, 2012): AUSTRALIA'S Mick Fanning, 30, has won the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Final today by defeating 11-time world champion Kelly Slater in a… Read more »

The storm has past, the wind is off shore and the waves are pumping. The Women's Quarter Finals are ON at Bells Beach for the 2012 Rip Curl Women's Pro…. Read more »

7:15am start for Men's Round 5 followed by the Men's quarter final. 10:45am call for Women's Round 4. BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Friday, April 6, 2012): The Rip Curl Pro is… Read more »

Highly touted HAWAIIAN surfer JOHN JOHN FLORENCE dominated his round one heat of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach this morning to advance directly into round three. Photo ASP Scholtz… Read more »

L-R Surfing Australia CEO Andrew Stark, Minister for Sport Kate Lundy, Surfing Victoria CEO Max Wells and Rip Curl Global Advertising and Marketing Chairman Neil Ridgeway with the famous Rip… Read more »

Taj Burrow shows his powerful style. photo credit ASP Robbo BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Wednesday, April 4, 2012) – Bells Beach is booming for day two of the Rip Curl Pro… Read more »

A beautiful golden sunrise welcomed Day 2 of the Rip Curl Pro. As with sunsets, this beauty, in large part is caused by pollution in the atmosphere. The Department of… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Tuesday, April 3, 2012) – An upset at the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach has seen world no.1 Stephanie Gilmore (Gold Coast, Aus) relegated into the… Read more »

Looking at the charts would tell you that a good week of surfing is to be had at Bells Beach. A consistent 4ft swell with varying wind conditions.North NW winds… Read more »

As you walk under the red banner into the entrance of the Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro event area, to your right is a temporarily erected fence to protect the… Read more »

2011 winners, Joel Parkinson & Sally Fitzgibbons with previous winners and current world number 1's Steph Gilmore & Taj Burrow. Image ASP Schultz BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Monday, April 2, 2012)… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Monday, April 2, 2012) – Nic Muscroft (29, Jan Juc, Vic.) has topped an elite eight-man field of Victoria's top surfers to claim the second and final… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Sunday, April 1, 2012) -Nikki van Dijk (Phillip Island / Vic) has continued her brilliant run of form, winning the Victorian Trials in near perfect conditions at… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Saturday, March 31, 2012) – The world’s best surfers are descending upon the Australian state of Victoria for the second stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour… Read more »

Preparations are well underway for the up-coming Ripcurl Pro at Bells Beach. The famous entrance banner has been hoisted into place and the riggers are piecing together the viewing pavillions…. Read more »

This is the latest video up-date from the savebells's Youtube channel. President of the Bells Beach Preservation Society, Maurice Cole goes through some of the issues surrounding the bus parking… Read more »

The Surfrider Foundation Surf Coast Branch are utilizing the internet to garner support and lobby the Surf Coast Shire and State Government to immediately stop all current works, planned development… Read more »

In a recent facebook post, The Surfrider Foundation Surf Coast Branch are calling on all interested parties to lobby the Surf Coast Shire to remove all recent works to accommodate… Read more »

Surf Coast Shire will work with the State Government and Minister for Environment to removing buses from the car parks at Bells Beach. Council recently completed interim road safety measures… Read more »

In a major milestone in the ongoing protection of Bells Beach, Surf Coast Shire has completed a private sewer main that will service toilets in the reserve. The sewer main… Read more »

According to the Surfrider Foundation Surf Coast Branch this year's Clean Up Australia Day at Bells Beach was the most successful beach clean up it had been involved in. On… Read more »

Date: Sunday 4th March 2012 Time: 10am to 12pm Place: Bells Beach Road, Bells Beach VIC 3228 Meeting Point: Bells Beach lower car park picnic tables on ocean side Members… Read more »

Surfing Victoria will be hosting the Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles 27th May to 1st June 2012 held at Bells Beach, Victoria. This event has not been held since the mid… Read more »

This is the leaflet handed out on Tuesday at Bells by the Surf Coast Shire works crew to people interested in the bus parking works that are taking place. The… Read more »

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the running of the first contest at Bells Beach (not to be confused with the running of the 50th Bells Beach contest which was… Read more »

The final day of the 2012 Championship Moves Surfing Festival was held last Sunday 8 January with Bells Beach offering up solid clean 4 foot (2 meter) surf. In stark… Read more »

The hallowed waters of Bells Beach, Victoria will host the opening event of the 2012 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) calendar with the ASP 1-Star Championship Moves Open and Pro… Read more »

(Torquay, VIC – Friday, 16th December 2011): Elite surfing will be returning to Victoria in summer next year, as the world famous Bells Beach and Jan Juc host the Championship… Read more »

(Torquay, VIC – Saturday 8th October 2011): Steve Noble (Cape Patterson) has won his maiden Toll IPEC Victorian Open Title, by taking out the final round in inconsistent waves at… Read more »

Surf Coast Shire has started work on a private sewer main that will connect toilets at Bells Beach to the sewer system. In a major infrastructure boost to be delivered… Read more »

Surf Coast Shire has welcomed a $50,000 donation of proceeds from this year’s Rip Curl Pro to the ongoing maintenance of the Bells Beach Surfing Reserve as well as commitments… Read more »

Surf Coast Shire Mayor Cr Dean Webster has welcomed Rip Curl Pro organisers’ review of security and fencing arrangements for the event after record numbers attended the event at Bells… Read more »

Torquay surfer, Joe Sweeney talks about the history behind the iconic Bells Beach trophy given to the winner of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach each year. This is… Read more »

(left to right) Bri Moreau (ground crew) and Chris Vogelzange (pilot) When I first saw it, I thought the aliens had arrived to watch the Rip Curl Pro at Bells… Read more »

Has it dawned on you yet how special that win was? I don’t think so, not yet anyway. You had a feeling though that with all those legends back at… Read more »

For the third time, Joel Parkinson has claimed the Bell at the climax of this years Rip Curl Pro held at Bells Beach. Mick Fanning, who had performed powerfully throughout… Read more »

Mick Fanning (AUS), 29, former two-time ASP World Champion and past winner of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach (2011), will look to recreate the magic today on the final… Read more »

Round 4 of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger is underway with a solid clean swell. Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, Kelly Slater (USA), 39, Jordy Smith… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Saturday, April 23, 2011) – The Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta, the second stop on the 2011 ASP Women’s World Title season,… Read more »

This Aerial Photography footage was shot at Bells Beach during the 2011 Rip Curl Pro. This was a freesurf session after day 1 on April 20. Lots of pros in… Read more »

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RIP CURL WOMEN’S PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 2 RESULTS: Heat 1: Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 11.83 def. Paige Hareb (NZL) 11.50 Heat 2: Melanie Bartels (HAW) 16.33 def. Laura Enever (AUS)… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Thursday, April 21, 2011) – Round 2 of the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta, the second stop on the 2011 ASP Women’s… Read more »

Here’s how it’s done: 1. Click HERE to go to Heat Alerts 2. Choose the surfers you’d like to follow. 3. Boom! An email will be sent to you 25… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Wednesday, April 20, 2011) – Yesterday marked the commencement of the 50th Anniversary of competition surfing at Bells Beach as Round 1 of the 2011 Rip Curl… Read more »

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Friday, April 15, 2011) – The world’s best female surfers are poised to return to the competitive singlet with the second stop on the 2011 ASP Women’s… Read more »

Master photographer Barrie Sutherland will be celebrating the Bells Beach Easter Contest – 50 Years Anniversary, 1962 – 2011 with a significant exhibition and sale of fine art heritage images… Read more »

A series of banners is being unfurled across Torquay this week as the Surf Coast gears up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rip Curl Pro/Bells Easter Classic. The… Read more »

Rip Curl International has today announced that planning for this year’s Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach – which runs from April 19 to 30 – has been bolstered by… Read more »

The jewel of Victoria prepares to shine for the 2011 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford. BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Wednesday, March 13, 2011) – The Rip Curl Pro… Read more »

The offending pipe before it was removed. After removal of pipe You may have noticed in the media recently the uproar over an exposed asbestos drainage pipe at Bells Beach… Read more »

Bells Beach panorama by Nicholas Soames Surf Coast Shire is undertaking a program of infrastructure upgrades at Bells Beach to address natural erosion and improve wastewater management. Repairs and upgrade… Read more »

The ROLA Victorian SUP Titles supported by VB and Power Balance will launch this summer at the protected corner of Pt. Danger (Cosy Corner) in Torquay. Never before has there… Read more »

According to Geelong Advertiser, METALLICA lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bass player Robert Trujillo were seen surfing at Bells Beach last Saturday (November 20). Jan Juc photographer Steve Ryan was… Read more »

Surf Coast Shire will be cracking down on illegal and unsafe parking at Bells Beach, with a strong focus on ensuring buses and cars visiting the area park safely. Following… Read more »

A Brumby Labor Government today committed $300,000 towards a Coastal Management Plan to further protect the natural environment of the world famous Bells Beach. State Member and Labor candidate for… Read more »

Farewell Andy Irons 1978 – 2010 I committed some time and effort into preparing these pages in memory of champion surfer Andy Irons, who passed away tragically last week. Below… Read more »

Todd Rosewall, Jew Rowley and Cahill Bell-Warren carry flowers and Rip Curl Pro bell down the famous stairs at Bells Beach. Photo: Liam Robertson/SurfingVic 100 local surfers formed a circle… Read more »

Coastcare and Coast Action groups are in a flurry of activity with meetings, plantings, and weed control underway or planned for members and local communities. Senior Coast Action/Coastcare facilitator Joanne… Read more »

Surf Coast Shire has adopted a comprehensive coastal management plan that will preserve and foster the social, economic and environmental value of the Bells Beach Surfing Reserve. The Bells Beach… Read more »

Taj Burrow raises the Bell Taj Burrow finds the right waves and aggressively tears them apart Andy Irons gets the Little Bell Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach presented by… Read more »