Chronicle of a storm presented by Maui and Sons Chile - Cover photo: Miguel Tudela by Jose Madalengoitia in Pico Alto last Monday. 

From time to time the stars align from all sides of Latin America and the Caribbean and happiness is shared equally among all surfers on the continent.

A series of powerful swells in the South Atlantic that made Uruguay, Argentina and southern Brazil work, combined with the hurricane season that hit Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic hard, and at the same time a swell from the south entered the Pacific that brought waves from Chile to Mexico.

Below follows the route from south to north, from west to east and then from north to south.

CHILE

A day of "very nice conditions" was experienced last Monday in Punta de Lobos, that's what the king of the wave, Ramón Navarro, literally called it on his Instagram.

Several tubes came out in the wave, below are some photos and videos:

 

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Today was a good day to return to the stage and see this wonder of nature. . . . @canonchile @kingstonlatam @patagoniachile @aguasagrada

A shared publication of Rodrigo Farias Moreno (@fariasmoreno) the 26 Sep, 2020 at 7: 53 PDT

 

 

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A post shared by Ramon Navarro (@surfnavarro) el 27 Sep 2020 has 2 lasers: 24 PDT

 

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Some frames from yesterday's clips, How nice the sea was at home. Good to be back in the water and see many people diving headfirst, their photos came out good too. Good team and logistics, the session goes to #LosBuscagigantes. If you surfed yesterday and think you won, contact me privately 😉 🔨 🐖 Shot with @canonchile #1dxMarkII @aquatech_imagingsolutions 1 @chachaibarrasurf 2 @pmekis 3 @franciscoveliztrainer 4 @martin_fuenzalida 5 @vargas_pollo 6 @escueladesurfpromaucae 7 @surfnavarro 8 @rafacortesz 9 @arnaud_frennet @patrickrousseau.art 10 @alejandrofuenzalida @patagoniachile @kingstonlatam @patagoniachile @aguasagrada

A shared publication of Rodrigo Farias Moreno (@fariasmoreno) the 27 Sep, 2020 at 2: 27 PDT

 

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A post shared by Cristian Merello (@cristianmerello) el 29 Sep, 2020 at 2: 53 PDT

 

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Yesterday from the hill x @cristiansaezphoto 📷 @hakahonuchile @cervezaroyalguard @klimaxsurfboards #surfing #chile

A shared publication of Diego medina (@diegomedina.__) the 28 Sep, 2020 at 3: 24 PDT

PERU 

Pico Alto broke with giant waves, Miguel Tudela, Cristóbal de Col and Roger Velasco got off a few. They also broke other unknown peaks somewhere in the country that nobody, with good reason, talks about.

Jonathan Gubbins took a good one, Joule Ezcusa too and the young Raúl Ríos did the same.

Below are some tests:

 

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A post shared by Joule⚡️Escuza (@joule_ez) el 29 Sep, 2020 at 5: 11 PDT

COSTA RICA

The same storm hit Central America with force, in Costa Rica, Carlos Muñoz took this cave:

 

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A post shared by Carlos Munoz (@munozcali) el 29 Sep, 2020 at 8: 38 PDT

MEXICO

Puerto Escondido turned on the power and produced several great tubes. This set with Jafet Ramos and Kurt Rist demonstrates the quality of the waves that broke and are still breaking at Zicatela:

Today some bombs came out:

 

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CARIBBEAN AND PUERTO RICO

The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico were going wild. Waves came in that could only be surfed with guns. Andrés Flores, Manuel Selman, Cameron Dietrich on the first island and the entire Puerto Rican gang on the second, rode waves.

The Dominican session was tough, Flores used a 10'4 and needed every inch of his board.

 

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Another amazing run of swells for the third September in a row bringing the goods... glad to see most of those storms staying out to sea but I know some people got hammered by some of them, which is a bitter sweet feeling once you score waves like this at home... ... So pumped to live here, so grateful for all that this amazing place and it's people have to offer... the more I live and learn, the more connections I realize PR and Venezuela have , and that explains a lot of things and feelings to me in many ways... Thanks @gonzolenz for shooting this wave, this was a fun ride while it lasted... stoked on all the boys charging and pushing the level and at the same time, keeping a humble and positive attitude! Enjoy the well deserved break... cheers to all ✨🙌🏽✨🌊🔥✨🙏🏽💫

A publication shared by Magnum Martinez (@magnummartinez) the 29 Sep 2020 has 3 lasers: 25 PDT

 

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Yesterday was insane !!!! #🎥 : @gonzolenz #thanks #insane #myhome #colors #puertorico

A publication shared by Brian Toth (@tothfroth) the 20 Sep 2020 has 7 lasers: 27 PDT

 

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Blessed to live in the perfect latitude where the sun toasts and the rain refreshes 🇵🇷🙏 —> @culturaprofetica_oficial #puertorico🇵🇷 📸 @jorgitorivera

A shared publication of Alejandro Moreda (@ale.moreda) the 29 Sep, 2020 at 5: 12 PDT

SOUTH ATLANTIC 

Two powerful swells arrived a week apart from each other, lighting up the main spots on the Argentine and Uruguayan coasts.

 

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