Ballito delivered an action-packed day filled with high-scoring combos to bring the intensity in heat bouts. Day 3 highlighted Joel Vaughan's near-perfect rotation that reeled in a 9.83, clocking in a heat total of 17.33. A crack of a heat between Dylan Moffat and Cole Houshmand provided absolute fireworks as the two went blow-for-blow, both advancing onto the Round of 32. On the Women's side, Sally Fitzgibbon's set the bar by securing the first Round of 16 appearance, while Vahine Fierro, Isabella Nichols, and Durban, South Africa's own Sarah Baum all secured appearances of their own with electric performances.
