2022 Pan American Surf Games – Men's Open

The men's open (shortboard) competition at the 2022 Pan American Surf Games was held at Playa Venao in Pedasí District, Panama from 10 to 13 August 2022.

Competition format
The competition consisted of five rounds:


 * Round 1: 16 heats, 11 heats of 4 surfers and 5 of 3. The top 2 in each heat (32 total) advanced to round 2.
 * Round 2: 8 heats of 4 surfers each; the top 2 in each heat (16 total) advanced to quarter-finals.
 * Quarter-finals: 4 heats of 4 surfers each; the top 2 in each heat (8 total) advanced to semi-finals.
 * Semi-finals: 2 heats of 4 surfers each; the top 2 in each heat (4 total) advanced to the final.
 * Final: 1 heat of 4 surfers.

The length of each heat was 20 minutes. Scoring for each wave taken by the surfers is an average of 5 scores given by 5 judges, ranging from 0 to 10 points. The best two waves for each surfer counting and are added to obtain the total score.