# Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes for the Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.

## Qualification

A total of 88 surfers will qualify across various qualification tournaments. The host nation Chile, will be automatically be allocated ten quota spots across the eight events. In the shortboard category, a country can enter two athletes, with a maximum one in all other categories. A country can enter a maximum ten surfers (five per gender). An athlete can only qualify one quota for their country.

## Qualification timeline

| Events | Date | Venue |
| 2022 ISA World SUP Championships | October 28 – November 6, 2022 | San Juan |
| 2022 ALAS Pro Tour | January – December, 2022 | Various |
| 2023 Pan American Surfing Games | April 21–30, 2023 | Santa Catalina |
| 2023 ISA World Longboard Championships | May 7–13, 2023 | La Bocana and El Sunzal |
| 2023 ISA World Surfing Games | May 30 – June 7, 2023 | La Bocana and El Sunzal |

## Qualification summary

The following is the qualification summary.
| Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total |
| Nation | Shortboard | SUP surf | SUP race | Longboard | Shortboard | SUP surf | SUP race | Longboard | Surfers |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 9 |
| Barbados | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Chile | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Colombia | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Ecuador | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| El Salvador | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 3 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | | 5 |
| Nicaragua | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Panama | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | 5 |
| Peru | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Puerto Rico | | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| United States | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Uruguay | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 3 |
| Venezuela | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Total: 17 NOCs | 16 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 88 |

## Men
### Shortboard

| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | 2 | Chile Chile |
| ISA World Surfing Games | 5 | Mexico Peru Peru Canada Mexico |
| PASA Surf Games | 8 | Brazil Argentina Panama Panama Argentina Brazil Costa Rica Venezuela |
| ALAS Latin Tour | 1 | Venezuela |
| TOTAL | 16 | |

### SUP surf

| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World SUP Championships | 4 | Brazil United States Mexico Peru |
| PASA Surf Games | 4 | Canada Puerto Rico Argentina Costa Rica |
| TOTAL | 9 | |

### SUP race

| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World SUP Championships | 4 | United States Peru Brazil Argentina |
| PASA Surf Games | 5 | Puerto Rico Canada Panama Uruguay Costa Rica |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### Longboard

| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World Longboard Championships | 4 | Brazil Peru Argentina United States |
| PASA Surf Games | 4 | Uruguay Costa Rica El Salvador Panama |
| TOTAL | 9 | |

## Women
### Shortboard

| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | 2 | Chile Chile |
| ISA World Surfing Games | 5 | Brazil Canada Peru Costa Rica Peru |
| PASA Surf Games | 8 | Brazil Barbados Argentina Canada Colombia Mexico Argentina Costa Rica |
| ALAS Latin Tour | 1 | Ecuador |
| TOTAL | 16 | |

### SUP surf

| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World SUP Championships | 4 | Argentina Brazil Colombia United States |
| PASA Surf Games | 4 | Peru Canada Ecuador El Salvador |
| TOTAL | 9 | |

### SUP race

| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World SUP Championships | 4 | United States Costa Rica Puerto Rico Brazil |
| PASA Surf Games | 5 | Argentina Canada Mexico Peru Panama |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### Longboard

| Event | Quotas | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Chile |
| ISA World Longboard Championships | 4 | Peru Brazil United States Canada |
| PASA Surf Games | 4 | Costa Rica El Salvador Uruguay Puerto Rico |
| TOTAL | 9 | |