When each spot is actually good.
We score 97 breaks against years of hindcast, month by month. Typical wave size, how often it is surfable, and what makes each one work.
Australia
Barbados
Brazil
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
French Polynesia
Indonesia
Mauritius
Mexico
Namibia
Nicaragua
Philippines
Portugal
Senegal
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
United Kingdom
USA
- 1st Street Jetty, Virginia BeachGood all year
- Banzai PipelineBest Dec–Jan
- Blacks BeachGood 5 months a year
- C StreetGood all year
- Cape HatterasBest all year
- Ditch Plains, MontaukBest Jul–Aug
- Honolua BayGood 3 months a year
- Huntington Beach PierGood all year
- Lower TrestlesGood all year
- Malibu First PointGood all year
- MavericksBest Nov–Feb
- New Smyrna Beach (Ponce Inlet)Good 6 months a year
- Pacific City (Cape Kiwanda)Good all year
- Point Judith (Lighthouse)Good all year
- Rincon (Tres Palmas)Good 5 months a year
- Rockaway BeachGood all year
- Sebastian Inlet (First Peak)Good 5 months a year
- Steamer LaneBest Sep–Apr
- Swami'sGood all year
- The Washout, Folly BeachGood all year
- Westport (The Jetty)Best Sep–Apr
- Wrightsville BeachGood all year
Season figures are medians from years of hindcast, not a forecast. They tell you when to plan a trip, not what it will do on a given day.