Surf by month
Best surf destinations by month
The tropics and the North Atlantic have opposite seasons, so there is somewhere good to surf every month. Pick a month to see which zones are in season, how far they are from Europe and what a day costs.
| Month | At their best | Zones |
|---|---|---|
| January | Costa Rica, France, Panama, Portugal and Spain | 18 |
| February | Costa Rica, France, Panama, Portugal and Spain | 18 |
| March | Costa Rica, France, Panama, Portugal and Spain | 17 |
| April | Costa Rica, France, Panama, Portugal and Spain | 7 |
| May | Costa Rica, Indonesia and Panama | 7 |
| June | Costa Rica, Indonesia and Panama | 10 |
| July | Costa Rica, Indonesia and Panama | 12 |
| August | Costa Rica, Indonesia and Panama | 12 |
| September | Costa Rica, France, Indonesia, Panama, Portugal and Spain | 12 |
| October | Costa Rica, France, Indonesia, Portugal and Spain | 17 |
| November | France, Portugal and Spain | 15 |
| December | Costa Rica, France, Panama, Portugal and Spain | 18 |
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