All photos: Nicolás Díaz - Special coverage presented by Maui and Sons 

Peruvian Sebastian Correa was the best surfer of the second day of the Maui and Sons Arica Pro, which was held today in solid six-foot waves better suited to lefts at El Gringo.

He added 12,83 (8,50+4,33) to beat the Tahitian Kauli Vaast, Ricardo Cruzado and Hiuzonome Bettero after coming out of a large and long tube.

For his part, Australian Dean Bowen was on the verge of getting on the assistance jet ski after literally falling tail-first onto the rocks at El Gringo and being in a lot of pain today in the penultimate series of the Maui and Sons Arica Pro, which today held its second day of the event in solid six-foot waves with better direction than yesterday.

After a couple of minutes of rest, Bowen decided to paddle back to the bottom, wait for a good wave and take the best tube of the day and of the championship so far.

The judges gave him a 9,33 which he backed up with a 1,93 to win his heat and advance to the round of 32 alongside Kiwi Elliot Paerata Reid. The other four who made it to the fourth round were Weslley Dantas (who split the board but changed quickly to find a good tube), Tyler Gunter, Imaikalani Devault and Pedro Dib.

At around 12:40 the event was stopped due to the onshore wind, when heat 4 of round 3 was about to be surfed, which pits Alonso Correa against Dusty Payne, Kaito Ohashi and Gabriel Villarán.

The two scores mentioned above, in addition to being the highest of the day, were the only ones that surpassed the 10-point barrier; all the other series were below double digits when looking at combined scores.

The judges kept the scale low, paying well only for large, heavy tubes with good travel.

With this in mind, there were some great hits that didn't even reach the scale of what was good. Such was the case of Igor Moraes, Yuri Goncalves, Adrián García, Shun Murakami, Samuel Igo, Nico Vargas, John Mel and Ian Gentil who all hit some great hits.

The event continues tomorrow at 7:30 with what is expected to be a similar day to today. For the final three days of the tournament, the sea will rise, say experts.