SURF ATLAS/ PACIFIC
Teahupo'o (Code Red)
🇵🇫 Tahiti Iti, French Polynesia
Teahupo'o at its most monstrous — the legendary 'Code Red' days when the reef holds giant, mutating barrels of unimaginable thickness. On these rare swells it becomes the most dangerous wave on the planet, ridden only by tow teams and the truly fearless.
REGION
Pacific
BREAK
Big Wave
LEVEL
Intermediate
SEASON
Apr–Sep
BEST SWELL
SW XXL groundswell
BEST WIND
E offshore
WATCH FOR
Extreme power, dry reef
LIVE REPORT
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