Now the incredible resume, which already includes wins at the 2018 national GromSearch final and 2020 regional web surf titles, of Culburra Beach's Keira Buckpitt has been strengthened further by being crowned winner of the under 18 girls Australian Junior Online Surf Championships.

"Winning this title means a lot, especially as I missed out by two spots making the first cut last year," Buckpitt said.

"I put a lot of time and effort into this competition, so to be rewarded feels great.

"With it being online, it's so different to other competitions, as there's no presentation and people around you with the hype of a normal event.

"But all the messages I have gotten have been so nice and supportive - I appreciate them all."

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Due to COVID-19, this year's national titles, which included close to 200 competitors across six divisions, were held online across six weeks - round one (September 13 to October 3) and finals (October 6-26).

"My approach [to the titles] was to surf as much as I could and gather clips of my waves to compare over the three-week time slot," the Ulladulla Boardrider said.

"I wanted to get waves that fell into the criteria Surfing Australia had sent out to us, emphasising progression, innovation, power and precision.

"It was totally different to a normal competition as there's no heats or 20-minute time frame of having to get two scoring waves.

"You can sit for an hour if you want, waiting for a solid wave to come when you are doing the online competition.

"You also have three weeks per round to find two excellent range scoring waves."

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During the three-week finals window, Buckpitt, her two brothers Ben and Beau and her friends surfed numerous breaks around the Shoalhaven to try and find the best scoring waves.

"I was lucky to have so many people keep me company, give me surf reports to suggest where to go and critique my waves, while also giving me confidence during those couple of weeks," the 16-year-old said.

"Especially as the surf was so flat during the time period - made even harder and more stressful that we couldn't leave our LGA because of the lockdown restrictions.

"I was fortunate enough to have both mum and dad film us in the surf and drive us willingly to numerous spots and help me deal with the challenges.

"After numerous stops, we collated on the vision and decided in exactly which waves we were going to submit for judging."

Weeks after her submission, the results were released when Buckpitt was at school at St Johns.

"I found I'd won out from my friend Kiah at school," Buckpitt said.

"We were walking to our next class and she came running up to me screaming, as she was so excited.

"My mum had rung the school that morning and a teacher had told her thinking I already knew.

"I did not believe her - I was shocked and so happy all at once.

"It was a great feeling knowing that six weeks of so much effort was worth it and my waves were actually great."

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Not only did Buckpitt walk away with the first-placed award, just ahead of fellow South Coast product Holly Wishart, she also claimed 7500 ranking points - seeing her catapult up the leaderboard.

These extra points will also help with seeding at her next events, which include this month's state titles at Wollongong and January's Rip Curl Gromsearch at Newcastle.

"My goals heading into the next few events is to keep improving my heat strategies and hopefully progress to make some finals," she said.

"I'm also weighing up the possibility of competing in the pro juniors, which will all depend on how I juggle my fitness, coaching commitments and year 11 studies."

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