About Teahupo'o
Teahupo'o is a village at the south-eastern end of Tahiti, in French Polynesia, where the road around the island stops and the coast beyond is reached only by boat or on foot. Its wave breaks over a shallow coral reef at the edge of a pass, well out from the land, and runs to the left as a surfer rides it towards the shore. It is widely described as one of the heaviest waves in the world, because the swell moves from deep water onto the reef very suddenly and the wave stands up thick rather than tall. Surfers are generally taken out by boat, and towed in on the biggest days, while spectators watch from boats in the channel. The biggest surf usually arrives in the southern winter, typically from around April to October. Professional contests have been held here for years, and it is generally regarded as a wave for experts only.
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