Costa Rican Carlos Muñoz said goodbye in the quarterfinals of the Hawaiian Pro and his dreams of getting into the CT have now moved to Sunset where he will have to repeat the result or, better yet, secure his place in the semifinals.

Muñoz will increase his line of points, going from 13850 to 15900, but what they are calculating is that this year the cut-off point will be approximately 18.000 points.

Repeating the result of Haleiwa, placing 13th, Muñoz will add 3600 which will leave him with 17300 points, and with luck and a good number of double qualifiers, he will be on the verge of making the CT.

Now, if he makes it to the semis at Sunset he'll at least get to 18.800, which makes it pretty much a given that he'll be guaranteed to be among the elite in 2020.

In his heat, which was ridden in a fun 4- to 6-foot but very slow sea, Muñoz competed well, starting fast and leading for the first half of the heat. Then some good waves came in for the others who overtook him but he was left with first priority for about eight minutes and needing a score of 5,03 to advance.

The wave never came and with that he said goodbye. Ethan Ewing and Wade Carmichael appeared in the series.

When the tournament ends later, we will know for sure the Costa Rican's chances of entering the CT.

One of the points that plays against him is that his discard rate is very high, it is 2.200, which means that to start adding points he always has to improve that score.