2026 World Surf League

2026 World Surf League
LocationAustralia, El Salvador, Brazil, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Fiji, United States, United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Philippines, Hawaii
DatesApril 1st 2026 – December 20th 2026

The 2026 World Surf League is the 49th season of all iterations of the tour circuit for professional surfers. The first event of the tour was the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the longest running professional surfing competition in the world.[1]

After five seasons, for the first time since 2019, the competition format has changed. Starting in the 2026 season, the WSL Finals will no longer be held to decide the champion. The competition format will return to a points system, with the last event of the season returning to the iconic waves of Pipeline.[2]

Yago Dora and Molly Picklum are the defending champions from the 2025 season.[3][4] 36 men and 24 women are set to compete in the 2026 Championship Tour.[5]

In November 2025, the WSL announced that the 2026 Tour will see the return of four former world champions: Stephanie Gilmore and Carissa Moore in the women's tour, and Gabriel Medina and John John Florence in the men's tour. All four were awarded WSL CT Season Wildcards for 2026.[6][7] In January 2026, John John Florence announced that he had ultimately decided to defer his CT return until 2027.[8] The wildcard spot previously given to John John Florence was subsequently awarded to Ramzi Boukhiam, who missed the last three 2025 CT events prior to the Cut in 2025 due to a serious injury sustained during competition at Bells Beach.

The 2026 Championship Tour will span nine months and visit nine countries, with 13 events scheduled. The lineup includes a range of wave types-from barreling reef breaks like Pipeline, Cloudbreak, and Teahupo'o to performance-oriented locations such as Lower Trestles, Punta Roca, and Abu Dhabi. The schedule also features well-known stops like Snapper Rocks, Margaret River, Portugal, Saquarema, and opens at Bells Beach.[9]

The 2026 CT will follow a new format that differs from those of previous years. Under the new system, 36 men and 24 women will compete in nine "regular-season" events, at which point the competition will be narrowed to 24 men (top 22 competitors + 2 wildcards) and 16 women (top 14 competitors + 2 wildcards) for the final three "postseason" events, during which competitors will be given the opportunity to accumulate more points. Surfers will carry only their best seven of nine results from the regular season into the next stage. For the first time in 5 years, there will be no mid-season cut.[10]

The nine "regular-season" events and three "postseason" events will be followed by a reimagined Pipe Masters on the North Shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i as the thirteenth and final event of the tour, which will now award 15,000 points, 1.5 times more than a standard CT event.[11][12] The full 2026 men's and women's CT fields from the start of the season will rejoin the postseason competitors to compete in this final event.

In July 2026, the WSL announced that they had added an additional location to the CT schedule for 2026 to ensure a minimum of 12 events can be delivered during the season, should the Surf Abu Dhabi Pro be unable to run as scheduled as a result of the 2026 Iran war. The event will be a third "postseason" event in addition to the two previously announced events in the UAE and Portugal.[13]

The final season rankings, and ultimately the World Titles, will be determined by a surfer's best nine of 13 results.

In another major change from previous years, elimination rounds have also been removed, meaning that if an athlete loses their first round heat at a given event, they will be eliminated from that event.[14] According to WSL CEO Ryan Crosby, this change is intended to create "higher stakes from day one, with every heat carrying real consequence throughout the season."[15] Under the new system, there will instead be a qualifying round, where the lower-seeded surfers will compete to face the higher-seeded athletes in the main event.[16] For the men, seeds 29-36 will take part in the qualifying event, while the top 28 seeded athletes will move straight to the second round. For women, seeds 9-24 will take part in the qualifying rounds.

On 25 May 2026, the final day of the championship in New Zealand was halted after one of the photographers, Ed Sloane, was attacked by an unknown sea creature. Renato Hickel, the vice president of tours and competition said: "At this stage we are not certain if it was a shark or a sea lion."[17]

Qualified athletes

The first nine events of the 2026 Championship Tour will be contested by the WSL top 36 men and top 24 women. In November 2024, the WSL announced an expansion of the number of female participants in the 2026 World Championship Tour (CT), increasing the roster from 18 to 24 surfers.[18]

The top 36 men consist of:

  • The top 22 finishers from the 2025 Championship Tour rankings
  • The top 10 finishers on the 2025 Challenger Series rankings
  • Two WSL season wildcards
  • Two event wildcards

The top 24 women consist of:

  • The top 14 finishers on the 2025 Championship Tour rankings
  • The top 7 finishers on the 2025 Challenger Series rankings
  • Two WSL season wildcards
  • One event wildcard

The first nine events will include 36 men and 24 women. After that, the field will be reduced to 24 men (top 22 competitors + 2 wildcards) and 16 women (top 14 competitors + 2 wildcards) for the final three postseason events in the Philippines, Abu Dhabi and Portugal. The top-ranked surfers will automatically requalify for the 2027 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.*

2026 Championship Tour qualifiers

2026 Championship Tour Qualifiers
Women Men
Qualifiers from the 2025 Championship Tour
Australia Molly Picklum Brazil Yago Dora
United States Caroline Marks United States Griffin Colapinto
Hawaii Gabriela Bryan South Africa Jordy Smith
United States Caitlin Simmers Brazil Ítalo Ferreira
Hawaii Bettylou Sakura Johnson Australia Jack Robinson
Australia Isabella Nichols Australia Ethan Ewing
Australia Tyler Wright Japan Kanoa Igarashi
Canada Erin Brooks Brazil Filipe Toledo
United States Lakey Peterson Italy Leonardo Fioravanti
Brazil Luana Silva United States Cole Houshmand
United States Sawyer Lindblad Hawaii Barron Mamiya
France Vahine Fierro Japan Connor O'Leary
United States Bella Kenworthy Brazil Miguel Pupo
Costa Rica Brisa Hennessy United States Jake Marshall
United States Crosby Colapinto
France Marco Mignot
Brazil João Chianca
Australia Joel Vaughan
Mexico Alan Cleland Jr.
Indonesia Rio Waida
Hawaii Seth Moniz
Brazil Alejo Muniz
Qualifiers from the 2025 Challenger Series
France Tya Zebrowski France Kauli Vaast
Portugal Yolanda Hopkins Hawaii Eli Hanneman
Australia Sally Fitzgibbons Australia Morgan Cibilic
United States Alyssa Spencer Australia George Pittar
Portugal Francisca Veselko Brazil Samuel Pupo
Basque Country (autonomous community) Nadia Erostarbe Australia Callum Robson
Israel Anat Lelior South Africa Luke Thompson
Australia Oscar Berry
Brazil Mateus Herdy
Australia Liam O'Brien
Season Wildcards
Hawaii Carissa Moore Brazil Gabriel Medina
Australia Stephanie Gilmore Morocco Ramzi Boukhiam
WSL Replacement
Basque Country (autonomous community) Annette Gonzalez Etxabarri South Africa Matthew McGillivray

Schedule

The 2026 Championship Tour brings some changes to the calendar. All stages from the 2025 season will continue in 2026, with only the order of events changing, with the exception of the event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, which has been replaced by the Corona Cero New Zealand in Raglan. The Australian leg that closed the mid-season cut is now the first three events of the CT.[19]

The first nine events define the "regular-season", while Abu Dhabi, Philippines Pro and Portugal are considered the "postseason". Unlike in recent years, the WSL Finals is no longer the last event of the year. The Pipeline Masters is once again the event where the 2026 world champions will be decided, with all competitors rejoining for the event.[20]

Round Date Event Location
1 April 1–11 Australia Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia
2 April 16–26 Australia Western Australia Margaret River Pro Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia
3 May 2–12 Australia Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
4 May 15–25 New Zealand Corona Cero New Zealand Pro Raglan, New Zealand
5 June 5–15 El Salvador Surf City El Salvador Pro Punta Roca, La Libertad, El Salvador
6 June 19–27 Brazil VIVO Rio Pro Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 August 8–18 French Polynesia Outerknown Tahiti Pro Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia
8 August 25 – September 4 Fiji Fiji Pro Cloudbreak, Tavarua, Fiji
9 September 11–20 United States Lexus Trestles Pro Lower Trestles, San Clemente, California, United States
10 October 16–25 Portugal MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal Supertubos, Peniche, Portugal
11 October 31 - November 10 Philippines Philippines Pro Cloud 9, Siargao Island, Philippines
12 November 25–29 United Arab Emirates Surf Abu Dhabi Hudayriat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
13 December 8–20 Hawaii Lexus Pipe Masters Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii

Results and standings

Event results

Round Event Men's champion Men's runner-up Women's champion Women's runner-up
1 Australia Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Brazil Miguel Pupo Brazil Yago Dora Hawaii Gabriela Bryan Australia Molly Picklum
2 Australia Western Australia Margaret River Pro Australia George Pittar Brazil Gabriel Medina United States Lakey Peterson Brazil Luana Silva
3 Australia Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro Australia Ethan Ewing Japan Connor O'Leary Australia Stephanie Gilmore Brazil Luana Silva
4 New Zealand Corona Cero New Zealand Pro Brazil Ítalo Ferreira Australia Morgan Cibilic Hawaii Carissa Moore United States Sawyer Lindblad
5 El Salvador Surf City El Salvador Pro Italy Leonardo Fioravanti Brazil Ítalo Ferreira Hawaii Carissa Moore Australia Tyler Wright
6 Brazil VIVO Rio Pro Brazil Yago Dora Italy Leonardo Fioravanti United States Sawyer Lindblad France Tya Zebrowski
7 French Polynesia Outerknown Tahiti Pro Hawaii Seth Moniz United States Griffin Colapinto Canada Erin Brooks Israel Anat Lelior
8 Fiji Fiji Pro
9 United States Lexus Trestles Pro
10 Portugal MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal
11 Philippines Philippines Pro
12 United Arab Emirates Surf Abu Dhabi
13 Hawaii Lexus Pipe Masters

Men's standings

Points are awarded using the following structure:

Regular season  1st   2nd   3rd   5th   9th   17th   33rd   INJ   WTD   PAR   DNC 
Points 10,000 7,800 6,085 4,745 3,320 1,000 500 500 500 500 0
Postseason  1st   2nd   3rd   5th   9th   17th   INJ   WTD   PAR   DNC 
Points 10,000 7,800 6,085 4,745 2,500 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 0
Final  1st   2nd   3rd   5th   9th   17th   25th   33rd   INJ   WTD   PAR   DNC 
Points 15,000 11,700 9,125 7,115 4,980 3,240 1,500 750 750 750 750 0
Position +/- Surfer Australia

WCT 1

Australia

WCT 2

Australia

WCT 3

New Zealand

WCT 4

El Salvador

WCT 5

Brazil

WCT 6

French Polynesia

WCT 7

Fiji

WCT 8

United States

WCT 9

Portugal

WCT 10

Philippines

WCT 11

United Arab Emirates

WCT 12

Hawaii

WCT 13

Points
1 Steady  Ítalo Ferreira (BRA)  9th   3rd   9th   1st   2nd   9th   3rd  – – – – – – 39,930
2 Steady  Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA)  5th   9th   5th   9th   1st   2nd   17th  – – – – – – 34,930
3 Steady  Yago Dora (BRA)  2nd   5th   17th   3rd   9th   1st   17th  – – – – – – 33,950
4 Steady  Miguel Pupo (BRA)  1st   9th   9th   5th   17th   5th   9th  – – – – – – 30,450
5 Steady  Gabriel Medina (BRA)  3rd   2nd   9th   9th   3rd   17th   17th  – – – – – – 28,610
6 Increase2  Griffin Colapinto (USA)  3rd   9th   17th   3rd   17th   17th   2nd  – – – – – – 26,290
7 Decrease1  Ethan Ewing (AUS)  17th   5th   1st   17th   17th   3rd   5th   17th  – – – – – 29,575
8 Increase1  Samuel Pupo (BRA)  5th   3rd   5th   17th   9th   5th   17th  – – – – – – 25,640
9 Decrease2  George Pittar (AUS)  9th   1st   9th   17th   17th   9th   5th   17th  – – – – – 27,705
10 Increase1  Kanoa Igarashi (JPN)  5th   9th   17th   9th   3rd   9th   17th  – – – – – – 22,790
11 Decrease1  Liam O'Brien (AUS)  33rd   9th   3rd   9th   9th   9th   9th   17th  – – – – – 24,185
12 Increase1  Kauli Vaast (FRA)  17th   17th   5th   17th   5th   5th   9th  – – – – – – 20,555
13 Decrease1  Jack Robinson (AUS)  17th   9th   9th   9th   9th   9th   5th   17th  – – – – – 23,345
14 Increase2  Connor O'Leary (JPN)  17th   9th   2nd   17th   17th   17th   9th  – – – – – – 18,440
15 Decrease1  Marco Mignot (FRA)  9th   17th   9th   9th   5th   9th   17th   17th  – – – – – 21,025
16 Increase2  Morgan Cibilic (AUS)  17th   17th   17th   2nd   17th   5th   17th  – – – – – – 17,545
17 Decrease2  João Chianca (BRA)  17th   9th   17th   17th   9th   3rd   9th   17th  – – – – – 20,045
18 Decrease1  Filipe Toledo (BRA)  9th   17th   3rd   5th   17th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – 19,150
19 Steady  Seth Moniz (HAW)  17th   17th   17th   17th   17th   33rd   1st  – – – – – – 15,500
20 Increase1  Barron Mamiya (HAW)  5th   17th   17th   17th   9th   17th   9th  – – – – – – 15,385
21 Increase2  Callum Robson (AUS)  33rd   33rd   9th   17th   5th   9th   17th  – – – – – – 14,385
22 Decrease2  Crosby Colapinto (USA)  17th   5th   17th   9th   9th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – 16,385
23 Decrease1  Alan Cleland (MEX)  17th   17th   17th   17th   5th   17th   5th   17th  – – – – – 15,490
24 Increase2  Jake Marshall (USA)  9th   17th   9th   17th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – – 11,640
25 Decrease1  Alejo Muniz (BRA)  9th   17th   17th   9th   17th   17th   9th   17th  – – – – – 14,960
26 Increase1  Cole Houshmand (USA)  17th   17th   17th   5th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – – 10,745
27 Decrease2  Rio Waida (INA)  9th   17th   17th   5th   17th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – 14,065
28 Steady  Joel Vaughan (AUS)  17th   5th   17th   17th   17th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – 11,745
29 Steady  Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR)  33rd   17th   33rd   33rd   17th   17th   3rd   17th  – – – – – 11,585
30 Steady  Mateus Herdy (BRA)  17th   33rd   5th   17th   17th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – 11,245
31 Steady  Eli Hanneman (HAW)  17th   17th   17th   17th   9th   17th   33rd   17th  – – – – – 9,820
32 Steady  Jordy Smith (RSA)  9th   17th   17th   17th   INJ   INJ   INJ   INJ  – – – – – 8,320
33 Steady  Luke Thompson (RSA)  17th   33rd   17th   17th   17th   33rd   17th   33rd  – – – – – 6,500
34 Steady  Matthew McGillivray (RSA) – – – –  33rd   9th   33rd   17th  – – – – – 5,320
35 Steady  Oscar Berry (AUS)  33rd   33rd   33rd   33rd   33rd   33rd   33rd   33rd  – – – – – 4,000
WC Steady  Dane Henry (AUS)  17th  – – – – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Xavier Huxtable (AUS)  17th  – – – – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Jacob Willcox (AUS) –  17th  – – – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Jack Thomas (AUS) –  17th  – – – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Reef Heazlewood (AUS) – –  33rd  – – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Winter Vicent (AUS) – –  33rd  – – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Tom Butland (NZL) – – –  33rd  – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Billy Stairmand (NZL) – – –  33rd  – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Melvin Ayala (ESA) – – – –  33rd  – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Bryan Pérez (ESA) – – – –  33rd  – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Lucas Chumbo (BRA) – – – – –  33rd  – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Weslley Dantas (BRA) – – – – –  17th  – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Eimeo Czermak (TAH) – – – – – –  33rd  – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Kelly Slater (USA) – – – – – –  9th  – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Teo Degei (FIJ) – – – – – – –  33rd  – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Jarvis Earle (AUS) – – – – – – –  33rd  – – – – – 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.

Women's standings

Points are awarded using the following structure:

Regular season  1st   2nd   3rd   5th   9th   17th   INJ   WTD   PAR   DNC 
Points 10,000 7,800 6,085 4,745 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 0
Postseason  1st   2nd   3rd   5th   9th   INJ   WTD   PAR   DNC 
Points 10,000 7,800 6,085 4,745 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0
Final  1st   2nd   3rd   5th   9th   17th   INJ   WTD   PAR   DNC 
Points 15,000 11,700 9,125 7,115 3,000 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 0
Position +/- Surfer Australia

WCT 1

Australia

WCT 2

Australia

WCT 3

New Zealand

WCT 4

El Salvador

WCT 5

Brazil

WCT 6

French Polynesia

WCT 7

Fiji

WCT 8

United States

WCT 9

Portugal

WCT 10

Philippines

WCT 11

United Arab Emirates

WCT 12

Hawaii

WCT 13

Points
1 Steady  Gabriela Bryan (HAW)  1st   5th   5th   5th   3rd   5th   9th  – – – – – – 37,065
2 Steady  Carissa Moore (HAW)  9th   5th   9th   1st   1st   5th   9th  – – – – – – 35,490
3 Increase3  Sawyer Lindblad (USA)  17th   3rd   3rd   2nd   9th   1st   9th  – – – – – – 34,970
4 Increase1  Molly Picklum (AUS)  2nd   5th   5th   5th   3rd   9th   5th  – – – – – – 34,865
5 Decrease1  Luana Silva (BRA)  5th   2nd   2nd   9th   5th   5th   9th  – – – – – – 33,835
6 Steady  Caitlin Simmers (USA)  5th   3rd   5th   9th   5th   5th   5th   INJ  – – – – – 32,810
7 Steady  Lakey Peterson (USA)  5th   1st   5th   9th   9th   9th   9th  – – – – – – 27,490
8 Steady  Caroline Marks (USA)  9th   5th   9th   5th   5th   3rd   9th  – – – – – – 26,320
9 Increase1  Nadia Erostarbe (SPA)  9th   17th   3rd   17th   9th   3rd   5th  – – – – – – 22,915
10 Increase4  Isabella Nichols (AUS)  3rd   9th   9th   9th   17th   9th   3rd  – – – – – – 21,170
11 Increase7  Erin Brooks (CAN)  9th   9th   17th   9th   17th   9th   1st  – – – – – – 20,000
12 Decrease3  Tyler Wright (AUS)  9th   INJ   9th   5th   2nd   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – 20,545
13 Decrease2  Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW)  5th   9th   9th   3rd   9th   17th   17th  – – – – – – 18,830
14 Increase3  Anat Lelior (ISR)  9th   17th   17th   17th   5th   17th   2nd   17th  – – – – – 19,545
15 Decrease3  Alyssa Spencer (USA)  3rd   17th   17th   3rd   17th   17th   9th   17th  – – – – – 19,170
16 Decrease3  Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)  17th   17th   1st   9th   17th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – 18,000
17 Increase3  Yolanda Hopkins (POR)  17th   9th   9th   17th   9th   17th   3rd  – – – – – – 15,085
18 Decrease3  Tya Zebrowski (FRA)  17th   17th   17th   9th   17th   2nd   17th   17th  – – – – – 15,800
19 Decrease3  Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)  9th   9th   9th   17th   9th   9th   17th  – – – – – – 12,000
20 Decrease1  Vahine Fierro (FRA)  17th   9th   9th   9th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – – 10,000
21 Increase1  Brisa Hennessy (CRC)  17th   17th   17th   17th   9th   9th   9th  – – – – – – 10,000
22 Decrease1  Bella Kenworthy (USA)  17th   17th   17th   17th   9th   9th   17th   17th  – – – – – 10,000
23 Decrease3  Francisca Veselko (POR)  9th   9th   17th   17th   17th   17th   17th  – – – – – – 9,000
WC Steady  Ellie Harrison (AUS)  17th  – – – – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Bronte Macaulay (AUS) –  17th  – – – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Sophie McCulloch (AUS) –  9th  – – – – –  17th  – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Dimity Stoyle (AUS) – –  17th  – – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Alani Morse (NZL) – – –  17th  – – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Kirra Pinkerton (USA) – – – –  17th  – – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) – – – – –  9th  – – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Kelia Gallina (TAH) – – – – – –  5th  – – – – – – 0
WC Steady  Ulukilupetea Kurop (FIJ) – – – – – – –  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

  • 2026 ISA World Surfing Games

References

  1. ↑ "2026 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach". World Surf League. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "World Surf League Announces Return to Pipeline for Championship Tour Finale Starting in 2026". World Surf League. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Molly Picklum, Yago Dora Win First World Titles in Historic Cloudbreak Surf". SURFER Magazine. 2 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Molly Picklum wins first world surfing title with dominant display at WSL Finals". The Guardian. 2 September 2025.
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