Why, if there are a million coral reefs, is there only one Teahupo'o?

Tom Shand investigates.

Teahupoo awoke with glacier-blue caverns under a gun metal-grey sky for Men's Round 3.

"Spot something missing?"

Today's unexpected high point will be followed by three days of short-range swell and southerly wind.

"We watch surfing because it's unfair. Because waves can rise up out of nowhere and deliver us sublime moments of magic."

When conditions don't stack up for The Right, it doesn't necessarily mean they're wrong.