Habitat 67

Best Surf Season (December - March)

Habitat 67 sits on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, and the numbers do not lie: there is no open-ocean swell here. The average swell height is 0.0m, the average period is 0.0s, and the wind is ideal for surfing 0% of the time in every month. That makes the 'best surf season' a relative term. From December through March, stronger westerly winds and passing winter low-pressure systems generate the most surface activity, but it remains short-period, local wind chop rather than real surf. Ice, freezing water temperatures and air that can reach -41°C make this window more of a survival test than a surf trip.