2023 World Surf League
The 2023 World Surf League was the 46th season of all iterations of the tour circuit for professional surfers. Billabong Pipe Masters was the first round of the tour.
For the third time, the season ended at Lower Trestles, in San Clemente, USA, where the top five seeded men and women from that season went head to head to determine the champion at the WSL Finals.
Filipe Toledo and Stephanie Gilmore were the defending champions. Toledo successfully retained his title whereas Caroline Marks was crowned women's champion for the first time.
The 2023 season also contributed towards qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where surfing made its second appearance as an Olympic sport. The top ten surfers in the men's final standings and the top eight surfers in the women's final standings earned quota places at the Olympics, subject to a maximum of two men and two women per NOC.
Qualifier athletes
The first five events of the 2023 Championship Tour will be contested by the WSL top 36 men and top 18 women.The top 36 men consist of:
- The Top 22 finishers from the 2022 Championship Tour rankings
- The Top 10 finishers on the 2022 Challenger Series rankings
- Two WSL season wildcards
- Two event wildcards
- The Top 10 finishers on the 2022 Championship Tour rankings
- The Top 5 finishers on the 2022 Challenger Series rankings
- Two WSL season wildcards
- One event wildcard
Women's 2023 Championship Tour qualifiers
Top 10 Qualifiers from 2022 Championship Tour Rankings- Stephanie Gilmore
- Carissa Moore
- Johanne Defay
- Tatiana Weston-Webb
- Brisa Hennessey
- Lakey Peterson
- Courtney Conlogue
- Tyler Wright
- Gabriela Bryan
- Isabella Nichols
- Bettylou Sakura Johnson
- Macy Callaghan
- Molly Picklum
- Caitlin Simmers
- Sophie McCulloch
- Caroline Marks
- Sally Fitzgibbons
- Teresa Bonvalot
Men's 2023 Championship Tour qualifiers
Top 22 Qualifiers from 2022 Championship Tour Rankings- Filipe Toledo
- Italo Ferreira
- Jack Robinson
- Ethan Ewing
- Kanoa Igarashi
- Miguel Pupo
- Griffin Colapinto
- Caio Ibelli
- Connor O'Leary
- Callum Robson
- Samuel Pupo
- John John Florence
- Matthew McGillivray
- Jordy Smith
- Kelly Slater
- Barron Mamiya
- Nat Young
- Jake Marshall
- Kolohe Andino
- Jadson Andre
- Seth Moniz
- Jackson Baker
- Leonardo Fioravanti
- Ryan Callinan
- Rio Waida
- Maxime Huscenot
- Ramzi Boukhiam
- Michael Rodrigues
- Ian Gentil
- Joao Chianca
- Liam O'Brien
- Ezekiel Lau
- Gabriel Medina
- Yago Dora
- Carlos Munoz
Schedule
The championship series will consist of the following events, subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.| Round | Date | Event | Location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | January 29 – February 10 |  Results and standingsMen's standingsPoints are awarded using the following structure:
Miguel Pupo received the WC for the 2024 season, due to injury at the Bells Beach event. Miguel and Kelly are the WSL Season Wildcards at CT 2024. ' The athlete has qualified for the Final Five ' The athlete has no chance of qualifying for the Final Five The athlete has qualified for the Olympic Games, pending ratification from its NOC Women's standingsPoints are awarded using the following structure:
Johanne and Brisa are the WSL Season Wildcards at CT 2024. ' The athlete has qualified for the Final Five ' The athlete has no chance of qualifying for the Final Five The athlete has qualified for the Olympic Games, pending ratification from its NOC Challenger Series2023 Men's Challenger Series
Legend
2023 Women's Challengers Series
Legend Note: The top 5 qualified for the 2024 Championship Tour.
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