Playa Samara Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

First up, the water’s a warm 30°, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year – a couple of degrees above average, so it’s proper tropical.

For the next week, there are some fun, clean little waves. Tuesday afternoon starts it off – 0.9m of southwest swell, long 17-second period, and it’s glassy. Easy, cruisy surf.

Wednesday morning is similar, 1.0m with a 16-second period and a nice cross-off wind. Clean faces but doesn't have much power. The afternoon turns a bit onshore, so get in early.

Thursday morning is another glassy one – 1.0m, period drops to 14 seconds, but again, clean conditions. Friday morning eases back to 0.8m, but still a clean little wave.

Saturday morning is the smallest – 0.6m – but the period’s long at 19 seconds. It’ll be slow and small, but clean.

Then the swell kicks in. Sunday morning jumps back to 0.9m with a 19-second period and is glassy. The energy is up – 767 on the combined scale – and that’s a solid push of moderate energy. Nice, clean pulse.

Monday the 21st is the real standout of the first week. The swell builds to 1.1m, still a long 18-second period, and it’s glassy all morning. Energy hits 818, which is the strongest clean reading so far. That’s a proper, clean, long-period swell – should have some nice shape to it.

Tuesday holds around 1.0m and a 16-second period, still glassy in the morning, but the consistency is starting to waver.

Then it gets a bit scruffy – Wednesday and Thursday drop to 0.8m with some cross-onshore wind and questionable tides. Not great.

Now, the big one. Saturday the 27th of September looks like the pick of the whole forecast. The swell is up to 1.3m, the period is a clean 13 seconds, and it’s glassy in the morning. The combined energy jumps to 1033 – that’s serious power. The forecast calls it for experienced surfers, so there’s some grunt behind it. That’s a solid, powerful, clean session.

After that, it goes downhill. The 28th and 29th bring onshore winds, rain, and the swell gets sloppy. There’s a burst of 1.6m to 2.0m on the 29th, but the period drops right down to 8 seconds – that’s junky wind swell, not worth your time.

So, the two standouts are Monday the 21st for a clean, long-period swell, and Saturday the 27th for the biggest, glassiest, most powerful wave. That’s the one to chase.

Rusty.

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