Where to surf, month by month
Every month of the year, scored across 12 guides. March carries the most destinations in the prime band (22), but the right month is the one that lines up with the trip you can actually take.
The count of destinations in the prime band swings from 8 to 22 across the year, so the month you can travel in genuinely narrows the field.
Each guide ranks the surfing destinations that work in that month, from ten years of ERA5 reanalysis (2015-2024), and shows all twelve months for every spot so you can see whether you are looking at its peak or its shoulder.
All 12 months
- JanuaryPipeline leads on 97 · 19 spots in the prime band
- FebruaryPipeline leads on 96 · 20 spots in the prime band
- MarchMargaret River leads on 96 · 22 spots in the prime band
- AprilMargaret River leads on 97 · 16 spots in the prime band
- MayLe Morne leads on 95 · 12 spots in the prime band
- JuneLe Morne leads on 97 · 11 spots in the prime band
- JulyLe Morne leads on 94 · 8 spots in the prime band
- AugustLe Morne leads on 95 · 10 spots in the prime band
- SeptemberLe Morne leads on 94 · 17 spots in the prime band
- OctoberLe Morne leads on 93 · 22 spots in the prime band
- NovemberPipeline leads on 95 · 22 spots in the prime band
- DecemberPipeline leads on 98 · 21 spots in the prime band
These are climatological scores, not forecasts — they describe a typical month from ten years of reanalysis. For live conditions and route planning, open the interactive map or spin the globe.