Abu Dhabi wave pool added to World Surf League 2025 tour

By Selcuk Bugra Gokalp

Abu Dhabi’s wave pool has been added as a new venue on the World Surf League 2025 tour, the 2025 Championship Tour Schedule of the World Surf League (WSL) announced on Thursday.

The Surf Abu Dhabi, which is the world’s largest and longest human-made wave with a 75,000 square-meter pool and located on Hudayriyat Island, will be the second stop of the 2025 WSL Championship Tour.

The facility is also the only saltwater wave system in the world.

Fiji's Cloudbreak will host the WSL Finals for the first time in the next season's contest.

Founded in 1964, the Championship Tour is a top-tier surfing competition.

- 2025 WSL Championship Tour Schedule

Stop No. 1 - Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii, USA: Jan. 27 - Feb. 8

Stop No. 2 - Surf Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE: Feb. 14 - 16

Stop No. 3 - Peniche, Portugal: March 15 - 25

Stop No. 4 - Punta Roca, El Salvador: April 2 - 12

Stop No. 5 - Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia: April 18 - 28

Stop No. 6 - Snapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia: May 3 - 13

Stop No. 7 - Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia: May 17 - 27

Stop No. 8 - Lower Trestles, San Clemente, Calif., USA: June 9 - 17

Stop No. 9 - Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: June 21 - 29

Stop No. 10 - Jeffreys Bay, South Africa: July 11 - 20

Stop No. 11 - Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia: Aug. 7 - 16

Stop No. 12 - WSL Finals - Cloudbreak, Fiji: Aug. 27 - Sept. 4