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After a run of more than a month with more than decent waves at Teahupoo, since the ISA training camps were held, which were not huge but perfect and last week the interesting pulse that began for the trials and also for the free surfing, it seems that Teahupoo has decided to rest just in time for the start of the Tahiti Pro.

“We’re just a few days away from the start of the Tahiti Pro waiting period and unfortunately the forecast is looking a bit slow, at least to start with. There will be some small bumps for the first few days but it will likely be inconsistent and with waves of head size in the heats,” wrote Kevin Wallis, Surfline’s head forecaster.

He added: “The best swell of the window is lining up for mid-month. Several models are in decent agreement on the general pattern, although there are some differences in timing. I think there is a decent to good chance of head-size waves mid-month, but probably peaking at double overhead.”

Regarding the wind, it seems that “there are no red flags”, the worst scenario says Wallis is that the offshore wind gets a bit strong.

“The good news is that the storm that will create the mid-month swell is relatively close and probably strong (albeit small), so if its direction improves so will the outlook. Fingers crossed!” concludes the specialist.