Time to get in your wettie and head to the beach, as Netflix has announced Surviving Summer will return for Season 2.
Produced by Werner Film Productions and ZDF Studios, season 2 of Surviving Summer will see the cast return to the iconic beaches of the Great Ocean Road on Wadawurrung Country in Victoria, Australia.
Bursting with Aussie culture, Surviving Summer follows Summer Torres, a rebellious New York teen, as she’s sent Down Under to live with family friends in a tiny coastal town on the Great Ocean Road.
Season 2 sees the return of fan favourites Sky Katz as the feisty Summer, Kai Lewins as Ari Gibson, João Gabriel Marinho as Marlon Sousa, Savannah La Rain as Bodhi Mercer and reigning Open Women’s Queensland Surf Champion Lilliana ‘Lil’ Bowrey as Poppy Tetanui.
Following its release on Netflix on 3 June 2022, Surviving Summer:
- Secured the 9th most popular TV series on Netflix in Australia (w/c 6 June)
- Achieved a spot on the top 10 English speaking TV shows on Netflix globally, accumulating over 20,300,000 hours viewed (w/c 6 June) in the week of release
- Reached the top 10 shows in over 42 countries around the world on Netflix, including USA, Canada, UK, Brazil and countries across Europe, Africa and Asia
- On TikTok, #survivingsummer has amassed over 52.4m view
Katharina Pietzsch, Director Junior, ZDF Studios: “We have been partnering with both Werner Film Productions and Netflix on several exciting and very popular projects over many years. Therefore, we are thrilled to have brought the partners together and to again be on board for the second season of Surviving Summer as both co-producer and worldwide distributor. It is exciting to see that the series has found so many fans around the world in such a short time. We can’t wait for Summer to return to Shorehaven and to continue this global success story.”
Joanna Werner, Producer of Surviving Summer: “The response from fans around the world was overwhelming as audiences fell in love with Summer, Ari, Marlon, Bodhi and Poppy and their adventures both in and out of the surf! We are thrilled to be bringing our amazing cast and crew back together for Season 2 and can’t wait to be back filming all along the Great Ocean Road. Here’s hoping we get some epic surf!!”
Que Minh Luu, Director of Content, ANZ: “We’re absolutely stoked that Surviving Summer made waves both here at home and around the world, and are proud to be bringing this brilliant Aussie teen series back to Netflix for a second season. Bringing the creative team at Werner Productions and our wonderful young cast back together again is a thrill, and we can’t wait to share the next chapter of this quintessentially Australian story with the world.”
Surviving Summer – season 2 in 2023 on Netflix
Media Release – Netflic