Cover photo: Wesley Leite heading to the 9th at Mauro. Photo: WSL/Diaz. Special coverage presented by the Heroes of May Iquique Pro

The waves dropped in Iquique and settled perfectly on the bank of La Punta, generating several incredible tubes, both for the right and for the section on the left, known as the Cacho Mauro.

The top 64 players in the tournament went into the water just in time to swim and score the best scores of the championship so far.

The day was divided between those who found those incredible waves and those who waited a little longer and surfed many waves, getting mediocre scores. Sometimes passing and sometimes not.

There was only one surfer who managed to get two decent scores, the rest were combinations of a good or excellent wave and a bad one. Joao Chianca found a right that he took one kick after another and received 8,33. Then he found a 5,8 at the famous Cacho Mauro and closed his series with 14,16. He left Álvaro Malpartida in second place and last year's runner-up, Alonso Correa, and Franklin Serpa out of the tournament.

Cacho Mauro was a great protagonist of the day, he gave the Brazilian Yuri Gonçalves the best wave of the day and of the event, a 9,1, thanks  into a tube that he combined with several maneuvers.

He also gave a 9 to Wesley Leite, after hitting an absolute barrel that entered from behind the peak and came out victorious.

Others who enjoyed the benefits of Mauro were Nacho Gundesen, Miguel Blanco and Camilo Hernández.

The action continues on Thursday with a day dedicated only to women.

This is how the round of 32 turned out
-Nacho Gundesen vs Samuel Igo vs Billy Stairmand vs Alvaro Malpartida
-John Mel vs Vitor Mendes vs Yuri Goncalves vs Joao Chianca
-Wesley Leite vs Sebastián Correa vs Miguel Blanco vs Jack Robinson
-Robson Santos vs Ricardo Cruzado vs Lucas Vicente vs Joaquin del Castillo
-Camilo Hernandez vs Nolan Rapoza vs Gatien Delahaye vs Lucca Messinas
-Imaikalani Devault vs Manuel Selman vs Cristóbal de Col vs Dean Bowen
-Miguel Tudela vs Jeronimo Vargas vs Renan Peres Pulga vs Matthew McGilvray
-Ian Gentil vs Elliot Paerata Reid vs Guillermo Satt vs Danilo Cerda

This is how the 3rd round of youth ended
-Eduardo Motta vs Daniel Adisaka vs Vicente Diaz vs Daniel Templar
-Leo Casal vs Pedro Bianchini vs Noel de la Torre vs Mateus Sena
-Kauli vaast vs Caio Costa vs Nick Marshall vs Sebastián Tello
-Vasco Wallace vs Franco Radziunas vs Lucas Vicente vs Leonardo Barcelos