Back in March I first heard about the algal bloom in South Australia. A few enquiries on Swellnet's 'help' email asked about recent illness and irritation after surfing on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Did we know what was happening..?

Abject ignorance from this side of the screen - and this side of the continent.

Since then the bloom made its way onto mainstream news, while also spreading across South Australia's gulfs. Scientists identified the algae - Karenia mikimotoi - they even had solid theories explaining why it was occurring but not how to stop nor where it would head next.

In the opening scene of Sea Sick - a twenty-minute documentary about the algal bloom made by Surfers For Climate - Josh Kirkman states, "If the outbreak was happening here, at Bondi Beach, there would be a national outcry."

It's hard to disagree.

Made in just a few weeks, Sea Sick has Josh and Belinda Baggs traveling around the effected coastlines, interviewing surfers, businesspeople, and politicians. A collective frustration weighs over them as national politicians sit on their hands while local businesses struggle and the beach, usually a place to revitalise yourself, becomes a festering graveyard.

Visit the Surfers For Climate website to watch Sea Sick or click the image below to be taken there.