SURF ATLAS/ PACIFIC
Teahupo'o
🇵🇫 Tahiti, French Polynesia
The heaviest wave in the world. Deep Pacific water hits a shallow coral shelf at Tahiti's end-of-the-road and folds into a thick, below-sea-level left barrel of impossible volume. Beautiful and brutal, 'Chopes' hosts the Olympics and terrifies even the best.
REGION
Pacific
BREAK
Slab
LEVEL
Pro
SEASON
Apr–Sep
BEST SWELL
SW groundswell
BEST WIND
E offshore
WATCH FOR
Dry-reef ledge, extreme power
LIVE REPORT
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