Documentary charts surfer’s search for big break off Ireland's west coast

“It had that eerie feeling — the unknown. I knew that I would have to come back.”

Those are the words of big wave surfer, plumber, and father-of-two Andrew Cotton, speaking in his new short film about seeing for the first time a monster wave eight miles off the west coast of Ireland.

Beneath the Surface documents the journey of Devon man Cotton, looking for his next big break.