How to watch Men's Surfing Final Day at Olympics 2024: free live streams, replay, highlights

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Brazil's Gabriel Medina rides in the barrel of a wave, in a red shirt and blue shorts on a blue surfboard, at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti.
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Update: The men's and women's surfing final has (finally) taken place. You can watch a FREE replay on CBC (Canada) and highlights on 9Now (Australia). Use a VPN to unblock your usual stream and watch from anywhere. 

Watch the men's surfing final at Olympics 2024 because we're guaranteed a new champion, with Brazilian Gabriel Medina the hot favorite. Below we have all the information on how to watch the men's surfing final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games from anywhere in the world, with details on worldwide TV channels, broadcasters and free streams. 

The surfing finals were due to take place Saturday but have been delayed to Monday, August 5. The men's surfing final will be preceded by the men's surfing semi-finals from 4.30pm ET / 9.30pm BST: Alonso Correa vs Kauli Vaast and Medina vs Jack Robinson.

The men's surfing final gold medal match will start at 8.16pm ET  Aug 5 / 1.16am BST Aug 6.

Having already produced one of the defining images of the 2024 Olympic Games, Medina registered the highest score of the quarter-finals, demonstrating a mastery of the Teahupo'o wave in vastly different weather conditions, outshining even Tahitian native Kauli Vaast. Weston-Webb is one of a handful of surfers to have notched a perfect 10 here.

Here's where to watch men's surfing final live streams online from anywhere – including FREE options and all the surfing at Olympics 2024.

Watch men's surfing final at Olympics 2024 Quick Guide

Key Date

  • Event date: August 5
  • Men's semi-finals start: 4.30pm ET / 9.30pm BST
  • Men's final start: 8.16pm ET / 1.16am BST (Aug 6)

Best free streams

FREE men's surfing final Olympics 2024 live stream broadcasters

You can watch men's surfing final replay on CBC (Canada) and highlights on 9Now (Australia). Both are free to use in their respective countries. Use a VPN to unblock your usual stream and watch from anywhere if traveling abroad.

You can watch Olympics 2024 live for free with English language commentary on the BBC and iPlayer in the UK, RTE in Ireland, CBC in Canada and Channel 9 in Australia.

Channel 9 and the 9Now streaming service in Australia have the most comprehensive Olympics 2024 free-to-air coverage of all. It's a great way to watch surfing and upcoming events such as swimming, basketball, football and athletics.

You can watch almost every session from every single 2024 Olympic event live and on demand through dedicated channels on the 9Now streaming service, including Olympic surfing final.

Other, non-English language Olympics free streams can be found on ORF (Austria), RTBF (Belgium), VRT (Belgium), RDS (Canada), Chilevision (Chile), Caracol (Colombia), DR (Denmark), France TV (France), RAI (Italy), Yle (Finland), ARD (Germany), ZDF (Germany), RUV (Iceland), JioCinema (India), TV3 (Lithuania), NOS (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TVP (Poland), SABC (South Africa), RTVE (Spain), SNRT (Morocco), Canal 5 (Mexico) and the SRG SSR channels (Switzerland).

Use a VPN to watch Olympic surfing final for free on your usual streaming service above if you are away from home.

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How to watch men's surfing final Olympic 2024 live streams in the US

The surfing final live stream (men's) from Olympics 2024 is on Peacock in the USA.

Broadcast rights to the 2024 Paris Olympics belong to NBC. All Olympics 2024 sessions are available to watch on Peacock. Select Olympic events will also be on the NBC, USA Network, E!, CNBC, MSNBC and Golf Channel cable channels.

If you don't have cable, Peacock is the best option. You'll need a subscription to the ad-supported Peacock Premium, which is $7.99 per month, or ad-less Peacock Plus, which is $13.99 per month.

How to watch men's surfing final Olympic 2024 live streams in the UK and Europe

While many public and national TV broadcasters have the TV and live stream rights to the Paris Olympic Games in the UK and Europe, it's the Discovery Plus subscription service that offers comprehensive coverage across the region.

Plans start at £6.99 per month, or the local equivalent, with 3,800 hours of live coverage across 55 channels. There's also a special offer running until August 10, where new subscribers pay £3.99 per month until the end of 2024.

The BBC and RTE are the places for free Olympics 2024 live streams in the UK and Ireland. You can find a list of other public broadcasters with Olympics 2024 broadcast rights across Europe in the Rest of the World section below.

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Can I watch a 2024 Olympic men's surfing final live stream for free?

Check your local broadcaster above but people in the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland and many other nations listed have free Olympics 2024 coverage, as well as subscription broadcasters.

Those in Australia and Canada can watch almost every session of every Olympics 2024 event for free on 9Now and CBC. That will include surfing final free live streams.

Remember that, if you're traveling away from home, you can use a VPN to watch the 2024 Olympics free from abroad on your usual streaming service.

When is men's surfing final at the 2024 Olympics?

The Olympic surfing finals have been rescheduled to take place on Monday, August 5. There has been yet another delay to the start but according to the latest statement from the International Surfing Association:

"Men's and Women's Semifinals and Finals have been rescheduled due to improving wave conditions.

"The new start time is 05 AUG 2024 at 10:30 GMT-10 (4.30pm ET / 9.30pm BST) starting with Men's Semifinals."

The men's final gold medal match was due to start at 9.36pm BST / 4.36pm ET but will now take place at 8.16pm ET / 1.16am BST (Aug 6) 

It will be preceded by the men's bronze medal match.

The surfing finals were originally supposed to be held in midweek, and then on Saturday, but the event had to be put on hold due to dangerous weather conditions, forcing a reshuffle.

The men's and women's surfing finals are available on Peacock in the USA and Discovery Plus in the UK. Use a VPN to watch Olympic surfing for free on your usual streaming service above if you are away from home.

Can I watch the 2024 Olympic surfing final on my mobile?

Of course, most broadcasters have streaming services that you can access through mobile apps or via your phone's browser.

You can also stay up-to-date with all 2024 Olympic Games events on the official social media channels on X/Twitter (@Olympics), Instagram (@Olympics), TikTok (@Olympics) and YouTube (@Olympics).

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Aatif Sulleyman
Aatif Sulleyman

Aatif is a freelance copywriter and journalist based in the UK. He’s written about technology, science and politics for publications including Gizmodo, The Independent, Trusted Reviews and Newsweek, but focuses on streaming at Future, an arrangement that combines two of his greatest passions: sport and penny-pinching.

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