Surf & Conservation Film Festival

The festival, set over two nights and one day at the end of August, brings together surfers, conservationists, families, and ocean lovers for a weekend celebrating our shared connection to the sea.

Friday: Save The Waves Film Festival

The opening night brings the world-renowned Save The Waves Film Festival, the world's only international surf and environmental film fest, to North Devon. Expect live music, a panel conversation, and food and drink from local vendors. DryRobe® rentals are on site to keep you snug if it gets chilly, so just bring a deckchair or camping mat and settle in under the stars.

Saturday: Family Workshops & Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival

Saturday opens with a day of free family workshops run by local environmental organisations — everything from beach cleans and rock pool rambles to eco-crafts, water quality testing, and hands-on marine conservation activities. As the sun goes down, live music and a conservation-themed panel conversation lead into a screening of the Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival. Grab a raffle ticket, bring your deckchair, and enjoy food, drink, and DryRobe® rentals on site.

Saturday workshops

Past workshops have included:

Beach cleans on Croyde Beach
Slow the Flow Bouncy Castle
Pyrography and Japanese printing
Repurposing Ocean Plastics
Indo boards and balance boards
Wildlife Watching at Baggy Point
Embroidering Croyde water bodies
Live water quality testing
Eco-crafts using reclaimed natural materials
Rock pool rambles
Interactive Marine Pollution Workshop
All things Sharks

Why?

All profits from the Festival go directly towards improving water quality across the North Devon World Surfing Reserve. Find out why and how in this film created by the young people of North Devon and produced by North Devon Moving Image:

The festival is organised by North Devon World Surfing Reserve, Earth Action North Devon, North Devon Coast National Landscape and North Devon UNESCO Biosphere, and is supported by John Fowler Holiday Parks and The Manor House Inn.