Surfing legend Mark ‘Occy’ Occhilupo will shed his famous blond dreadlocks next week in the name of a good cause.

Occy promised to part ways with his locks, which have been cultivating for five long years, if Kelly Slater lost at last month’s Fiji Pro.

Now one lucky fan will have the honour of removing the dreads on national TV with FUEL TV launching an online charity auction tomorrow on eBay. ...read more

My first real experience with SurfAid was nearly 10 years ago after the Boxing Day tsunami in December 2004​.​ ​It was one of the most extraordinary experiences​ of my life​. I had never seen that ability for humans to come together and be so efficient and offer up their expertise. SurfAid was able to get into really remote areas where other aid organisations couldn't because of their knowledge of the ocean and coastal areas. ...read more

SurfAid is calling for teams for the SurfAid Cup Malibu 2014. The fundraising event is part of the MSA Classic Invitational and will be held on Saturday September 6th at Surfrider Beach in Malibu, California. And a one-hour Expression Session will be held on Friday September 5th.

The SurfAid Cup is a surfing competition involving 12 four-person teams, each fundraising for SurfAid, with a minimum of $5,000 per team to enter.

Each SurfAid Cup team, in order of their fundraising total, will get to pick a surf legend to join them. Pro surfers who have indicated they will compete this year include four-time ASP world champion Lisa Andersen, two-time world ASP longboard champion Jen Smith, big wave legend Greg Long, Strider Wasilewski and Kassia Meador.  ...read more

SurfAid has officially handed over the mother and child health and water projects in three hamlets that were started in 2012.

The projects for the Nemnemleleu community included training for the community health volunteers; materials for assessing the health and growth of children under five, and their mothers and pregnant women; and clean water through new piping from springs, water storage tanks and tap stands.

A large contingent of health department officials and other dignitaries attended the ceremony, which was held at the Nemnemleleu school. ...read more

Many of the world’s best surf destinations are remote and people in remote areas are often forgotten, as delivering services there is costly, time-consuming and requires serious efforts. SurfAid passionately believes that no matter where you live, you have a right to access quality basic services.

Filmmakers Michael Lawrence and David Kruta recently went to the Mentawai Islands and Nias, off Sumatra, Indonesia, to cover SurfAid’s field work in mother and child health, malaria, water and sanitation, and emergency preparedness.  ...read more

The Margaret River Wineries team has won the SurfAid Cup in Western Australia with a last-second ride in solid six foot (two metre) surf.

The MR Wineries scored 51.90 to narrowly defeat HSF aka the “Bar” Boys (51.80), with Macquarie WA third (42.67) and defending champions CineAds fourth (36.77). MadFish Wines and Grace Farm’s Finest finished equal 5th, while Caporn Young and Property Construction Nuts were equal 7th.

The eight teams raised $84,000 for SurfAid and Caporn Young (Jono Cullen, Todd Bennett, Jeremy Bower and Justin Wallace) won the fundraising trophy by collecting $17,500. ...read more

SurfAid is pleased to share with you a talk - Do something that matters - that our founder, Dr Dave Jenkins, gave at the recent TEDxManly. ...read more

Top pros on the ASP World Championship Tour are lining up to compete in the SurfAid Cup, which will be held in conjunction with the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro, Western Australia.

This will be the third SurfAid Cup in Margaret River proudly supported by Surfing WA. Eight teams are aiming to raise $40,000 for SurfAid, and the event will be held on Sunday 6 April 2014 at Surfers Point.  ...read more

SurfAid and Sumba Foundation Australia are proud to announce a merger of the two charities.

Sumba Foundation Australia has been delivering health projects, clean water and a better quality of life to the Sumbanese people, while respecting and preserving their fragile culture and traditions.

Joining these two organisations, which have compatible missions, will strengthen the delivery of programs in the field. ...read more

SurfAid is proud to announce that it has received non-government organisation (NGO) accreditation from the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

SurfAid was founded in 2000 to work in the Mentawai Islands, off West Sumatra, Indonesia, but has expanded its field operations to Nias, the Telo and Banyak islands off Sumatra, as well as Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia, and was involved in the recent emergency response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. ...read more