2025 World Surf League

2025 World Surf League
Location	Hawaii, United Arab Emirates, Portugal, El Salvador, Australia, United States, Brazil, South Africa, French Polynesia, Fiji
Dates	January 27th 2025 - September 4th 2025
←  2024 2026  →

The 2025 World Surf League is the 48th season of all iterations of the tour circuit for professional surfers. Billabong Pipe Masters will be the first round of the tour. ^[1]

For the first time, the season will end Cloudbreak, in Tavarua, Fiji, will host the WSL Finals to determine the 2025 World Champions. It is the first time the WSL Finals has moved locations since its debut in 2021. ^[2]

John John Florence and Caitlin Simmers are the defending champions from the 2024 season. Florence announced on 21 January 2025 his withdrawal from the 2025 season, allowing rookie Alan Cleland Jr. to take his spot on the CT. ^[3] Eight time World Title holder Stephanie Gilmore also confirmed she will not compete in the 2025 WSL CT. ^[4]

The 2025 CT will include eleven regular-season events in nine countries. The Mid-season cut will come into action following stop number seven in Margaret River, Australia. Surfers who make the cut will compete in United States, Brazil and South Africa. The final event of the regular season will be in Teahupo'o in Tahiti, where the 2024 Olympic Final took place, where the surfers will battle for a place in the WSL Finals. ^[5]

Qualifier Athletes

The first seven events of the 2025 Championship Tour will be contested by the WSL top 36 men and top 18 women.

The top 36 men consist of:

• The top 22 finishers from the 2024 Championship Tour rankings
• The top 10 finishers on the 2024 Challenger Series rankings
• Two WSL season wildcards
• Two event wildcards

The top 18 women consist of:

• The top 10 finishers on the 2024 Championship Tour rankings
• The top 5 finishers on the 2024 Challenger Series rankings
• Two WSL season wildcards
• One event wildcard

The 2025 CT season will start with 36 men and 18 women. Halfway through the season, the field will be reduced to 24 men and 12 women. The top-ranked surfers will automatically requalify for the 2026 CT, as well as continue on to the second half of the Tour, where they will be joined by one men's and one women's season-long wildcard, and one men's and one women's event wildcard. ^[6]

2025 Championship Tour Qualifiers
Women	Men
Qualifiers from the 2024 Championship Tour
Caitlin Simmers	Italo Ferreria
Caroline Marks	Griffin Colapinto
Tatiana Weston-Webb	Jack Robinson
Brisa Hennessy	Ethan Ewing
Molly Picklum	Yago Dora
Johanne Defay	Gabriel Medina
Gabriela Bryan	Jordy Smith
Sawyer Lindblad	Rio Waida
Bettylou Sakura Johnson	Crosby Colapinto
Tyler Wright	Jake Marshall
	Ramzi Boukhiam
	Ryan Callinan
	Barron Mamiya
	Cole Houshmand
	Connor O'Leary
	Kanoa Igarashi
	Imaikalani deVault
	Seth Moniz
	Matthew McGillivray
	Liam O'Brien
	Leonardo Fioravanti
	Samuel Pupo
Qualifiers from the 2024 Challenger Series
Sally Fitzgibbons	Ian Gouveia
Bella Kenworthy	Marco Mignot
Isabella Nichols	Alejo Muniz
Erin Brooks	Deivid Silva
Vahine Fierro	Miguel Pupo
	Joel Vaughan
	George Pittar
	Edgard Groggia
	Jackson Bunch
	Alan Cleland
Season Wildcards
Lakey Peterson	João Chianca
Luana Silva	Filipe Toledo
WSL Replacement
Nadia Erostarbe	Ian Gentil

Schedule

The 2025 season will include returns of both new and returning events, such as Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast returning after five years, and J-Bay in South Africa. Trestles will no longer be the venue for the WSL Finals, which will be held in Fiji for the first time, while Abu Dhabi, UAE and its largest and longest wave pools in the world enter the CT for the first time. ^[7]

Round	Date	Event	Location
1	January 27–February 8	Lexus Pipe Pro	Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
2	February 14–16	Surf Abu Dhabi Pro	Hudayriat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3	March 15–25	MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal	Supertubos, Peniche, Portugal
4	April 2–12	Surf City El Salvador Pro	Punta Roca, La Libertad, El Salvador
5	April 18–28	Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach	Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia
6	May 3–13	Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
7	May 17–27	Western Australia Margaret River Pro	Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia
8	June 9–17	Trestles Pro	San Clemente, California, United States
9	June 21–29	VIVO Rio Pro	Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10	July 11–20	JBay Open	Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa
11	August 7–16	SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro	Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia
12	August 27–September 4	Rip Curl WSL Finals	Cloudbreak, Tavarua, Fiji

Results and Standings

Event Results

Round	Event	Men's Champion	Men's Runner Up	Women's Champion	Women's Runner Up
1	Lexus Pipe Pro	Barron Mamiya	Leonardo Fioravanti	Tyler Wright	Caitlin Simmers
2	Surf Abu Dhabi Pro	Ítalo Ferreira	Rio Waida	Caitlin Simmers	Molly Picklum
3	MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal
4	Surf City El Salvador Pro
5	Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach
6	Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro
7	Western Australia Margaret River Pro
8	Trestles Pro
9	VIVO Rio Pro
10	JBay Open
11	SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro
12	Rip Curl WSL Finals

Men's Standings

Points are awarded using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	9th	17th	33rd	INJ	WTD	DNC
Points	10,000	7,800	6,085	4,745	3,320	1,330	265	265	265	0

Position	+/-	Surfer	WCT 1	WCT 2	WCT 3	WCT 4	WCT 5	WCT 6	WCT 7	WCT 8	WCT 9	WCT 10	WCT 11	Finals	Points
1	3	Ítalo Ferreira  (BRA)	3rd	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16,085
2	1	Barron Mamiya  (HAW)	1st	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11,130
3	4	Miguel Pupo  (BRA)	5th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,490
4	7	Ethan Ewing  (AUS)	9th	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,405
5	3	Leonardo Fioravanti  (ITA)	2nd	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,130
6	16	Rio Waida  (INA)	17th	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,130
7	1	Kanoa Igarashi  (JPN)	9th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8,065
8	7	Jack Robinson  (AUS)	17th	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7,415
9	6	Ian Gouveia  (BRA)	3rd	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7,415
10		Filipe Toledo  (BRA)	9th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,640
11	3	Joel Vaughan  (AUS)	9th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,640
12	12	Jackson Bunch  (HAW)	17th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,075
13	8	Jake Marshall  (USA)	5th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,075
14	8	George Pittar  (AUS)	5th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,075
15	16	Yago Dora  (BRA)	33rd	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,010
16	1	Connor O'Leary  (JPN)	17th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,650
17	1	Jordy Smith  (RSA)	17th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,650
18	3	Liam O'Brien  (AUS)	17th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,650
19	5	Griffin Colapinto  (USA)	17th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,650
20	7	João Chianca  (BRA)	9th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,650
21	8	Deivid Silva  (BRA)	17th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,650
22	13	Seth Moniz  (HAW)	9th	33rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,585
23	11	Alan Cleland  (MEX)	9th	33rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,585
24	6	Matthew McGillivray  (RSA)	17th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,660
25	5	Ramzi Boukhiam  (MAR)	17th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,660
26	3	Ryan Callinan  (AUS)	17th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,660
27		Cole Houshmand  (USA)	17th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,660
28		Alejo Muniz  (BRA)	17th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,660
29	4	Edgard Groggia  (BRA)	17th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,660
30		Ian Gentil  (HAW)	17th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,660
31	12	Marco Mignot  (FRA)	17th	33rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,595
32		Samuel Pupo  (BRA)	33rd	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,595
33		Imaikalani deVault  (HAW)	33rd	33rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	530
34		Gabriel Medina  (BRA)	INJ	INJ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	530
35		Crosby Colapinto  (USA)	INJ	INJ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	530
WC		John John Florence  (HAW)(WDN)	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC		Eli Hanneman (HAW)	33rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC		Kelly Slater  (USA)	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC		Bronson Meydi (INA)	-	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC		Kauli Vaast  (FRA)	-	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC		Mateus Herdy (BRA)	-	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

• Event wildcard surfers do not receive points. Their results on each event are indicated on the above table but no ranking points are awarded.
• John John Florence received WC 2026, due to his withdrawal from CT 2025.

Women's Standings

Points are awarded using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	9th	17th	INJ	WTD	DNC
Points	10,000	7,800	6,085	4,745	2,610	1,045	265	265	0

Position	+/-	Surfer	WCT 1	WCT 2	WCT 3	WCT 4	WCT 5	WCT 6	WCT 7	WCT 8	WCT 9	WCT 10	WCT 11	Finals	Points
1	1	Caitlin Simmers  (USA)	2nd	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17,800
2	1	Molly Picklum  (AUS)	3rd	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13,885
3	2	Tyler Wright  (AUS)	1st	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12,610
4	1	Caroline Marks  (USA)	5th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,490
5	3	Sawyer Lindblad  (USA)	5th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,490
6	3	Gabriela Bryan  (HAW)	9th	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8,695
7	3	Lakey Peterson  (USA)	3rd	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8,695
8	4	Vahine Fierro  (FRA)	9th	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8,695
9	4	Erin Brooks  (CAN)	9th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7,355
10	3	Brisa Hennessy  (CRC)	5th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7,355
11	5	Bella Kenworthy  (USA)	17th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,045
12	6	Isabella Nichols  (AUS)	5th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,790
13	3	Luana Silva  (BRA)	9th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,220
14	3	Tatiana Weston-Webb  (BRA)	9th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,220
15	1	Bettylou Sakura Johnson  (HAW)	9th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,220
16	2	Johanne Defay  (FRA)	INJ	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,655
17		Sally Fitzgibbons  (AUS)	17th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,655
18		Nadia Erostarbe  (Basque Country)	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,610
WC		Moana Jones Wong  (HAW)	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WC		Macy Callaghan (AUS)	-	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

• Event wildcard surfers do not receive points. Their results on each event are indicated on the above table but no ranking points are awarded.

See also

• 2024 ISA World Surfing Games

References

1. "2025 Lexus Pipe Pro". World Surf League. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
2. "World Surf League Announces 2024 Championship Tour Schedule". World Surf League. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
3. "Competitor Updates Ahead of 2025 CT Season Start at Pipeline". World Surf League. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
4. "Not Just John: Stephanie Gilmore Confirms She Will ALSO Skip The 2025 CT". Stab Magazine. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
5. "WSL Finals 2025". World Surf League. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
6. "2025 WSL Championship Tour Class". World Surf League. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
7. "Event Schedule 2025". World Surf League. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-14.

External links

• Official website