2025 World Surf League
The 2025 World Surf League was the 48th season of all iterations of the tour circuit for professional surfers. Billabong Pipe Masters was the first round of the tour.
For the first time, the season ended at Cloudbreak, in Tavarua Island, Fiji, where the WSL Finals determined that season World Champions. It was the first time the WSL Finals has moved locations since its debut in 2021.
John John Florence and Caitlin Simmers were the defending champions. Florence announced on January of that year his withdrawal from the starting season, allowing rookie Alan Cleland Jr. to take his spot on the CT. Eight time World Title holder Stephanie Gilmore also not competed in the 2025 WSL CT. Brazil's Yago Dora on men's side and Australia's Molly Picklum on women's were crowned world champions for the first time.
The 2025 CT included eleven regular-season events in nine countries. The Mid-season cut came into action following stop number seven in Margaret River, Australia. Surfers who made the cut competed in United States, Brazil and South Africa.
The final event of the regular season was at Teahupo'o in Tahiti, where the 2024 Olympic Final took place. The surfers competed for a place in the WSL Finals.
Qualifier athletes
The first seven events of the 2025 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 2024 Championship Tour rankings
- The top 10 finishers on the 2024 Challenger Series rankings
- Two WSL season wildcards
- Two event wildcards
- The top 10 finishers on the 2024 Championship Tour rankings
- The top 5 finishers on the 2024 Challenger Series rankings
- Two WSL season wildcards
- One event wildcard
Women's 2025 Championship Tour qualifiers
Top 10 Qualifiers from 2024 Championship Tour Rankings- Caitlin Simmers
- Caroline Marks
- Tatiana Weston-Webb
- Brisa Hennessy
- Molly Picklum
- Johanne Defay
- Gabriela Bryan
- Sawyer Lindblad
- Bettylou Sakura Johnson
- Tyler Wright
- Sally Fitzgibbons
- Bella Kenworthy
- Isabella Nichols
- Erin Brooks
- Vahiné Fierro
- Lakey Peterson
- Luana Silva
- Nadia Erostarbe
Men's 2025 Championship Tour qualifiers
Top 22 Qualifiers from 2024 Championship Tour RankingsJohn John Florence*- Italo Ferreira
- Griffin Colapinto
- Jack Robinson
- Ethan Ewing
- Yago Dora
- Gabriel Medina
- Jordy Smith
- Rio Waida
- Crosby Colapinto
- Jake Marshall
- Ramzi Boukhiam
- Ryan Callinan
- Barron Mamiya
- Cole Houshmand
- Connor O'Leary
- Kanoa Igarashi
- Imaikalani deVault
- Seth Moniz
- Matthew McGillivray
- Liam O'Brien
- Leonardo Fioravanti
- Samuel Pupo
- Ian Gouveia
- Marco Mignot
- Alejo Muniz
- Deivid Silva
- Miguel Pupo
- Joel Vaughan
- George Pittar
- Edgard Groggia
- Jackson Bunch
- Alan Cleland
- Joao Chianca
- Filipe Toledo
- Ian Gentil
Schedule
The 2025 season will include returns of both new and returning events, such as Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast returning after five years, and J-Bay in South Africa. Trestles will no longer be the venue for the WSL Finals, which will be held in Fiji for the first time, while Abu Dhabi, UAE and its largest and longest wave pools in the world enter the CT for the first time.| Round | Date | Event | Location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | January 27 – February 8 |  Results and standingsMen's standingsPoints are awarded using the following structure:
Women's standingsPoints are awarded using the following structure:
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