After a lay day yesterday, it looks like the Volcom Pipe Pro could be out of the gates this evening (GMT) with the event’s forecaster Surfline predicting a large and consistent NW swell (315-335 deg) to build rapidly into the North Shore through the AM hours on Monday, peaking mid day through the afternoon with about 12-13’+ deepwater swell at 14-16 seconds. Eyes are also firmly fixed on another solid WNW low off the coast of Japan which should deliver further waves from the 31st onwards.

With nearly all the top Euros opting to bounce and head to Hawaii early (but now wishing they’d gone to Ireland with Nicolau instead), everyone will be craving for some proper Banzai action. Something that goes a little like Takayuki Wakita’s sunset tunnel early last week.

Other than that, here’s the heat draw:

ROUND 96

HEAT 1

Kai Barger HAW
Kevin Sullivan HAW
Joel Centeio HAW
1.1-

HEAT 2

Gavin Gillette HAW
Billy Kemper HAW
Makai Mcnamara HAW
2.1-

HEAT 3

Cory Arrambide USA
Guillermo Satt CHL
Yujiro Tsuji JPN
1.2-

HEAT 4

Garrett Parkes AUS
Manuel Selman CHL
Bruce Irons HAW
2.2-

HEAT 5

Masatoshi Ohno JPN
Carlos Munoz CRI
Anthony Walsh HAW
1.3-

HEAT 6

Jano Belo BRA
Alex Smith HAW
Miguel Tudela PER
2.3-

HEAT 7

Nic Von Rupp DEU
Bino Lopes BRA
Chase Wilson USA
1.4-

HEAT 8

Kiron Jabour HAW
Ian Gouveia BRA
Sidney Guimaraes BRA
2.4-

HEAT 9

Simao Romao BRA
Krystian Kymerson BRA
Nathan Florence HAW
1.5-

HEAT 10

Gony Zubizarreta ESP
Matt Pagan USA
Steven Pierson PYF
2.5-

HEAT 11

Dale Staples ZAF
Leandro Usuna ARG
Jeronimo Vargas BRA
1.6-

HEAT 12

Kalani Chapman HAW
Cristobal De Col PER
Dane Gudauskas USA
2.6-

HEAT 13

Tanner Hendrickson HAW
Conner Coffin USA
VLCQ Winner
1.7-

HEAT 14

Dillon Perillo USA
Ian Gentil HAW
Dylan Goodale HAW
2.7-

HEAT 15

Dege O’Connell HAW
Ian Walsh HAW
Leandro Bastos BRA
1.8-

HEAT 16

Hank Gaskell HAW
Evan Valiere HAW
Balaram Stack USA
2.8

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