Bells Beach locked in for 2025 Championship Tour

BELLS Beach will again feature on the 2025 World Surfing League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), with the World Surf League (WSL) this week releasing its full schedule for next year.

The combined men’s and women’s calendar will feature 11 regular season events, including the addition of Abu Dhabi, and the return of Snapper Rocks, Lower Trestles and

Jeffreys Bay.

The 2025 WSL Finals will be held at Cloudbreak in Fiji.

The world’s best shortboard surfers will descend on the Surf Coast from April 18 to April 28, 2025 for the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.

It will be held just over three weeks later than its selected waiting period this year (March 26 to April 5).

The event will be the second stop on a bumper Australian tour leg, with surfers heading from Snapper Rocks to Bells Beach, and then to Margaret River in Western Australia.

 

Surfing Victoria chief executive officer Adam Robertson said he was stoked the world’s best would be coming back to Bells Beach.

“It’s the longest running surfing event in the world, and an integral part of the Championship Tour. It’s fantastic to see it back.

“The released schedule for 2025 in my eyes is the most exciting Championship Tour in a long period of time. Surf fans and surfers alike should be really excited.”

WSL chief executive officer Ryan Crosby said excitement was high heading into 2025.

“We’ve brought back some of the Tour’s most desirable locations, while aligning dates with favorable swell windows, to open up more opportunity for quality surf.

“We’ll see a great mix of locations from heavy-water barrels, to high-performance waves, and pristine point breaks. It’ll be an exciting showcase of the world’s best surfing featuring the incredible CT talent.

“We can’t wait to kick off in January 2025. See you at Pipe.”

For the full schedule, head to worldsurfleague.com