Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Main article: Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games

The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes for the Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.

Qualification

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]

Qualification timeline

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

Qualification summary

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

Men

Shortboard

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

SUP surf

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

SUP race

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

Longboard

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

Women

Shortboard

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

SUP surf

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

SUP race

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

Longboard

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

References

1. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
2. "ISA World Longboard Championship Returns in 2023, to be Hosted by Surf City El Salvador". www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
3. "ISA Announces Dates for 2023 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games". www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
4. "Los 88 de Santiago 2023" [The 88 of Santiago 2023]. www.pasasurf.org/ (in Spanish). Pan American Surf Association. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
5. "ISAWSUPPC_2022-SUP_SURFING_Final_Results.pdf" (PDF). www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
6. "Santiago 2023 Qualification: Men's SUP Surf". www.pasasasurf.org/. Pan American Surf Association. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
7. "SUP TECHNICAL RACE" (PDF). www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
8. "Juliana González and Guillerme Batista win the Technical SUP Race at the 2023 PASG". www.pasasurf.org/. Pan American Surf Association. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
9. "Santiago 2023 Qualification: Women's SUP Surf". www.pasasurf.org/. Pan American Surf Association. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.