When The Ocean Awakens - Premium Edition (hardcover)

Big-wave stories from the edge of the Southern Ocean.

Tasmania's Southern Ocean is one of the wildest coastlines on Earth. This premium hardcover coffee table book takes you out there, through first-hand stories and striking photography from the people whose lives are shaped by the sea.

What's inside

• First-hand stories from surfers, photographers and ocean dwellers
• World-class ocean and surf photography
• Remote, rarely seen coastlines
• Adventure, risk and human connection, in a deeply personal read

The book itself

• 200-page hardcover coffee table book
• Debossed title finish and premium print quality
• Designed by Katie Roberts @ The Understorey
• Edited by Simon de Salis

What it's about
Author Marti Paradisis brings readers into moments of courage, loss, triumph and connection, through intimate short stories and cinematic imagery. It shows not just the waves, but the people behind them. This isn't a book about performance or competition. It's about belonging, resilience and the call of wild places.

"When the Ocean Awakens captures Tasmania's surf culture with raw honesty that feels lived rather than observed. The stories come straight from the people who have faced the cold, the fear and the beauty of the Southern Ocean. It's a portrait of a coastline and the brave people who move through it."

-Steve M