| Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Qualification | ||
| Open surf | men | women |
| SUP surf | men | women |
| SUP race | men | women |
| Longboard | men | women |
The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes for the Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.
A total of 88 surfers will qualify across various qualification tournaments. The host nation Chile, will be automatically be allocated ten quota spots across the eight events. In the shortboard category, a country can enter two athletes, with a maximum one in all other categories. A country can enter a maximum ten surfers (five per gender). An athlete can only qualify one quota for their country. [1]
| Events | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 ISA World SUP Championships | October 28 – November 6, 2022 |  San Juan |
| 2022 ALAS Pro Tour | January – December, 2022 | Various |
| 2023 Pan American Surfing Games | April 21–30, 2023 |  Santa Catalina |
| 2023 ISA World Longboard Championships [2] | May 7–13, 2023 |  La Bocana and El Sunzal |
| 2023 ISA World Surfing Games [3] | May 30 – June 7, 2023 | La Bocana and El Sunzal |
The following is the qualification summary. [4]
| Nation | Men | Women | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shortboard | SUP surf | SUP race | Longboard | Shortboard | SUP surf | SUP race | Longboard | Surfers | |
 Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
 Barbados | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
 Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
 Chile | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
 Colombia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
 Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
 Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
 El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
 Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
 Nicaragua | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Panama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
 Peru | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
 Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
 United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
 Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
 Venezuela | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Total: 17 NOCs | 16 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 88 |
| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 2 | Chile Chile |
| ISA World Surfing Games | 5 | Mexico Peru Peru Canada Mexico |
| PASA Surf Games | 8 | Brazil Argentina Panama Panama Argentina Brazil Costa Rica Venezuela |
| ALAS Latin Tour | 1 | Venezuela |
| TOTAL | 16 |
| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World SUP Championships [5] | 4 | Brazil United States Mexico Peru |
| PASA Surf Games [6] | 4 | Canada Puerto Rico Argentina Costa Rica |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World SUP Championships [7] | 4 | United States Peru Brazil Argentina |
| PASA Surf Games [8] [9] | 5 | Puerto Rico Canada Panama Uruguay Costa Rica |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World Longboard Championships | 4 | Brazil Peru Argentina United States |
| PASA Surf Games [6] | 4 | Uruguay Costa Rica El Salvador Panama |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 2 | Chile Chile |
| ISA World Surfing Games | 5 | Brazil Canada Peru Costa Rica Peru |
| PASA Surf Games | 8 | Brazil Barbados Argentina Canada Colombia Mexico Argentina Costa Rica |
| ALAS Latin Tour | 1 | Ecuador |
| TOTAL | 16 |
| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World SUP Championships [5] | 4 | Argentina Brazil Colombia United States |
| PASA Surf Games [9] | 4 | Peru Canada Ecuador El Salvador |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World SUP Championships [7] | 4 | United States Costa Rica Puerto Rico Brazil |
| PASA Surf Games [8] [9] | 5 | Argentina Canada Mexico Peru Panama |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World Longboard Championships | 4 | Peru Brazil United States Canada |
| PASA Surf Games [9] | 4 | Costa Rica El Salvador Uruguay Puerto Rico |
| TOTAL | 9 |
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