Teahupoo Surf Report

There can be only one "world's heaviest wave", and that title rests soundly with the wave at Teahupo'o (don't make saying it more difficult than it need be; it's pronounced Cho-poo). Along the southern end of the smaller of Tahiti's two extinct volcanoes, Tahiti Iti, the tiny town of Teahupo'o is where the pavement stops. Surfers have sampled the South Pacific island since the early 1960s, but prior to the mid-'80s, surfers had no reason to venture that far, especially considering the wealth of... Read more