Cabo de San Antonio • Surf Spot Statistics

Best Surf Season (November - March)

For a swell-starved, south-facing beach like Cabo de San Antonio, winter is the most reliable window for rideable surf. The North Atlantic storm track becomes more active, and although the cape is not in the direct firing line for classic open-ocean groundswell, the average wave height climbs to 3-4ft (1.1-1.2m) from November through March. Wave periods hover in the 6.3-6.7s range, enough for punchy, rideable waves, while offshore N/NNE/NE/NNW windows appear more regularly than at any other time of year. That makes November through March the stretch when the cape most often has some form of surfable, semi-organized swell.

Fair Surf Season (April and October)

April and October are classic transition months. The trade wind regime and Caribbean sea breeze tend to dominate, but passing cold fronts in April and early-season tropical systems in October can inject more southerly energy. Swell heights average around 3ft (0.9m) with periods in the 6.0-6.2s range. The odds are still not great, but if a SSE/SSW/SW pulse arrives on top of the background E/ESE windswell, the south-facing setup can produce some clean, rippable waves.

Low Surf Season (May - September)

Summer is the doldrums. From May through September average heights drop to 2-2.5ft (0.6-0.8m), and the dominant signals are short-period ESE/SE trade windswell, which is exactly what a south-facing beach does not need. Water temperatures climb into the upper 80s, air temperatures are tropical and humid, and the cross-shore to onshore trades rarely set up the glassy offshore conditions the cape requires. Tropical storms or hurricanes passing through the Caribbean can offer a fleeting, powerful exception, but they are far too unreliable to plan a trip around.