Photography by Gaetan Charlin, Leah Hahn, Anuanua Lucas, and Marcus Paladino. There’s been a lot of adjectives lavished on the amazing left reef outside Tahiti’s Passe Havaé over the past week or two.

As mentioned, Surfline’s Jeremiah Klein has been in the channel at Teahupoo since Friday. This morning, the swell stuck around — clearly — and conditions were flawless till about noon, at which point ...