Playa Samara Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, you beautiful crew, Rusty here. Let's get into it for Playa Samara.

Right off the bat, I gotta say, this is a solid run for the next couple of weeks. The water is a proper bath at 87°F, which is about 4°F warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s some serious tropical luxury, and you’re gonna be sweating in your wetsuit if you even wear one.

The surf is here to play. We’ve got a consistent pulse of south-west groundswell running through the whole period. The energy is moderate to strong, like 413 to 766 (that’s the combined energy) for most of the first week, so there’s plenty of push for a beginner-friendly setup. The swell height will be sitting around that 2 ft to 4 ft mark for the opening days, just clean, gentle fun.

The absolute standout window kicks off Saturday the 12th morning. It’s light winds, glassy as a mirror, with a 3 ft SW swell hitting the beach and reef right in the zone. It’s a perfect entry-level height, super clean, and the long 14-second period will give you those nice, lined-up waves. This is the best it gets for a lazy morning session.

We roll into Sunday the 13th with more of the same, but it gets really interesting on Monday morning the 21st of September. That morning looks epic – absolute glass, calm wind, and the swell bumps up slightly to 4 ft from the SW with a long period. The energy reading is a thumping 766, meaning there’s a lot of water moving. For a spot like this, that’s a proper standout morning.

Now, a heads up. Wednesday the 23rd morning sees the swell jump to 7 ft from the WSW, but it’s a short-period windswell at just 9 seconds. For Playa Samara, 7 ft is pushing into the "too big for beginners" zone and the short period will make it dumpy and hard work. If you're an expert, you might get some, but for most of us, that’s a session to skip. The wind is glassy, but the size and period just don’t match the break.

The second week is a bit more mixed. The morning windows on the 24th and the 27th look promising again with glassy or light offshore winds and waist-high clean waves. We also see a couple of afternoons in the second week, like the 27th, that turn glassy again. But truth be told, the first half of the forecast has the most consistent and cleanest options. It’s a beach and reef setup here, and with the longer period groundswells (anything over 15 seconds) the reef will likely be the go-to for cleaner take-offs, as the beach can get a bit straight.

Overall, if I had to pick one absolute winner, it’s the morning of Saturday the 12th – it kicks things off perfectly. The second best is that glassy Monday on the 21st. Get on it early, you salty dogs.

Rusty.

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