Bells Beach

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 »

Photo Gallery

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 »