Surf seasons · month by month

Where to surf in December

Of the 97 breaks we score, 29 are in season in December: the month sits inside their best band of the year, from years of hindcast. Ranked by how many December days are actually surfable. Fares are round trips we have observed, not estimates.

In season in December

1 Anchor Point, Taghazout · Morocco 4–6 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 100% of December days · 18 C / 64 F, [object Object] 2 Dominical · Costa Rica 2–4 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 100% of December days · 29 C / 84 F, [object Object] · holds near its best all year Seen from $363 round trip out of JAX in December 3 Huntington Beach Pier · USA 2–4 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 100% of December days · 17 C / 63 F, [object Object] · holds near its best all year Seen from $363 round trip out of JAX in December 4 Santa Teresa · Costa Rica 3–5 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 100% of December days · 29 C / 84 F, [object Object] · holds near its best all year Seen from $363 round trip out of JAX in December 5 Sayulita · Mexico 2–4 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 100% of December days · 27 C / 81 F, [object Object] Seen from $455 round trip out of BWI in December 6 Swami's · USA 2–4 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 100% of December days · 17 C / 63 F, [object Object] Seen from $337 round trip out of BWI in December 7 C Street · USA 3–5 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 98% of December days · 16 C / 61 F, [object Object] Seen from $402 round trip out of JFK in December 8 Ngor Right · Senegal 4–6 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 98% of December days · 25 C / 77 F, [object Object] 9 Imsouane (The Bay) · Morocco 5–7 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 97% of December days · 18 C / 64 F, [object Object] 10 Steamer Lane · USA 6–8 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 97% of December days · 14 C / 58 F, [object Object] Seen from $356 round trip out of JAX in December 11 El Sunzal · El Salvador 2–4 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 96% of December days · 29 C / 84 F, [object Object] · holds near its best all year Seen from $463 round trip out of JAX in December 12 Rincon (Tres Palmas) · USA 3–5 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 96% of December days · 28 C / 83 F, [object Object] Seen from $341 round trip out of JAX in December 13 Playa Guiones · Costa Rica 2–4 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 95% of December days · 29 C / 84 F, [object Object] · holds near its best all year Seen from $327 round trip out of JFK in December 14 La Saladita · Mexico 2–4 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 93% of December days · 29 C / 84 F, [object Object] · holds near its best all year 15 Hossegor (La Graviere) · France 6–8 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 90% of December days · 14 C / 58 F, [object Object] 16 Lakey Peak · Indonesia 4–6 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 90% of December days · 30 C / 86 F, [object Object] 17 Rockaway Beach · USA 1–3 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 90% of December days · 8 C / 47 F, [object Object] Seen from $337 round trip out of LAX in December 18 Tsurigasaki (Shidashita) · Japan 2–4 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 90% of December days · 17 C / 63 F, [object Object] Seen from $962 round trip out of BWI in December 19 Mundaka · Spain 6–8 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 89% of December days · 15 C / 58 F, [object Object] Seen from $602 round trip out of JAX in December 20 Mavericks · USA 8–10 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 86% of December days · 14 C / 57 F, [object Object] Seen from $38 round trip out of LAX in December 21 Wrightsville Beach · USA 1–3 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 84% of December days · 14 C / 56 F, [object Object] Seen from $357 round trip out of BWI in December 22 One Eye, Tamarin · Mauritius 5–7 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 82% of December days · 28 C / 82 F, [object Object] 23 The Washout, Folly Beach · USA 1–3 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 82% of December days · 14 C / 57 F, [object Object] Seen from $98 round trip out of MCO in December 24 Honolua Bay · USA 4–6 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 79% of December days · 26 C / 78 F, [object Object] 25 Tonel, Sagres · Portugal 5–7 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 73% of December days · 17 C / 62 F, [object Object] 26 Soup Bowl, Bathsheba · Barbados 3–5 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 72% of December days · 28 C / 83 F, [object Object] 27 Thurso East · UK 7–9 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 72% of December days · 10 C / 50 F, [object Object] 28 1st Street Jetty, Virginia Beach · USA 1–3 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 69% of December days · 11 C / 51 F, [object Object] Seen from $289 round trip out of BWI in December 29 Famara · Spain 5–7 ft faces on a median day · surfable about 64% of December days · 21 C / 69 F, [object Object]

Months are medians from years of hindcast, not a forecast (how we read the hindcast). A median tells you when to plan a trip, not what a given week will do. Fares move daily; treat an observed fare as evidence of what the route does in December, not a quote. Taking a board? Airline board fees · will your bag fit.

The right week inside December is the whole game

A month page can tell you where the season is. BarrelFare watches the live forecast and the live fare at every one of these breaks, and tells you when a cheap flight lands on real swell.

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