Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's shortboard

[1] American surfer Caroline Marks won gold, Brazilian Tatiana Weston-Webb took silver, and Johanne Defay of France received bronze.

The length of each heat (25 to 40 minutes) and the number of waves each surfer can ride (maximum 25) are determined by the technical director ahead of the day of competition.

[8] After Australian surfing judge Benjamin Lowe posted a picture on social media of himself posing with Australian competitor Ethan Ewing and his coach Bede Durbidge, Lowe was removed from the judging panel by the International Surfing Association on August 1.

[13] All times are local, PFT (UTC−10) Surfers were pre-seeded according to their final ranking in the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games.

Around the 20:00 mark, Hennessy was penalised for priority interference, resulting in only her single highest-scoring wave being counted.