Surviving Summer is an Australian teen drama television series that premiered on June 3, 2022, on Netflix. The first season consists of 10 episodes.

Plot

Rebellious Brooklyn teen Summer Torres (Sky Katz) is sent to live with a family friend [1] in the tiny town of Shorehaven on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. Despite her best efforts, Summer falls in love with the town, the people and the surf.

Production

Development

The series is created by Joanna Werner and Josh Mapleston. Josh Mapleston, Magda Wozniak, Keir Wilkins, Gemma Crofts and Kirsty Fisher serve as writers. Ben Chessell serves as a director, with Sian Davies and Charlotte George also directing episodes in the first season. Joanna Werner and Stuart Menzies serve as executive producers.[2][3] The series was initially conceived as a Parent Trap concept with two female cousins, but a request from Netflix to have the series appeal to boys as well led to one of the characters to be changed to a boy, Ari.[4] Filming occurred in a number of places in Victoria's Surf Coast: Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Wye River, Lorne, Cumberland River and Bell's Beach.[4] It consisted of two units working concurrently: one filming the drama and a separate unit shooting the surfing.[5]

A trailer for the series was released on May 17, 2022.[6]

Cast

Main

• Sky Katz as Summer Torres, a rebellious teenager from Brooklyn, New York who is sent to live with family friends in the small town of Shorehaven on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia.[6][4]
• Kai Lewins as Ari Gibson[6]
• Lilliana Bowrey as Poppy Tetanui,[6]
• Joao Gabriel Marinho as Marlon Sousa,[6] a Brazilian emigree to Shorehaven[5]
• Savannah La Rain as Bodhi Mercer[6]

Recurring

• Chris Alessio as Manu, a surf coach[6][4]
• Dustin Clare and Adrienne Pickering as Ari's parents[6][4]
• Pacha Luque-Light[6]
• Mitchell Hardaker as Griff Temple

Episodes

References

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