Playa Samara Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s coming up here at Playa Samara for the next couple of weeks. This is a beach and reef set-up, exposed to the south-southwest, pulling in a decent run of south-west groundswell. It starts a bit slow, but there’s some real promise in there if you pick your windows.

The pattern shows a healthy mix of moderate to strong swell energy, with the best conditions early on when the wind behaves. The first real standout is Monday morning, September 7th. The water’s around average for the time of year, no major anomaly. Swell is 4 ft from the SW, with a nice long period of 14 seconds, and the wind is dead glass from the ENE at just 3 mph. That’s clean, smooth, and the combined energy is sitting at 662 – moderate, but good quality. Expect very good surf conditions.

Thursday morning September 10th is the pick of the bunch though. Swell bumps up to 4 ft from the southwest, period hanging in at a very long 17 seconds, and you’ve got a light offshore breeze from the NE at 3 mph. That’s clean. Combined energy hits 1027 – right into that strong range – and the report calls it excellent for experienced surfers. That’s the session to aim for.

There are other windows worth paddling out for. Friday the 11th has a glassy morning with 4 ft SW swell at 16 seconds, and the energy is still solid at 752. Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th also have glassy mornings, but the swell drops to 3 ft and 2 ft respectively – still fun, but smaller. Those early windows are your best bet.

From the 14th onward, it gets smaller and more inconsistent. You’ll see a few mornings with glass or light offshores, like Tuesday the 15th and Thursday the 17th, but the swell is dropping to the 2 ft to 3 ft range. The afternoons get onshore and sloppy for most of this stretch, and by the 21st and 22nd the conditions turn poor or marginal. There are several days with no real recommendation there – just flat, blown-out afternoons.

Crowds at Playa Samara can show up sometimes, so don’t expect solitude, but it’s not usually a zoo. If you’re a beginner, the smaller days around the 12th to the 14th are more your size – just stick to the morning glass-offs. Anything over 5 ft and the long period groundswell can make it tricky on the beach section; this spot handles better with that longer period on the reef, just something to keep in mind.

So in short – lock in Monday morning the 7th, and absolutely circle Thursday morning the 10th. That’s the wave of the next 16 days. The rest is a bit of a slow fade.

Rusty.

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