Margara seasonal overview
Best Surf Season (November - February)
Margara faces due north, and that simple fact dictates the whole surfing year. The winter months are hands down the most consistent for surf, as the North Atlantic cranks up and cold fronts push through the region with more frequency. Average wave heights climb to 5.5-6ft (1.7-1.8m) and average periods reach 6.5-7.0s, producing punchy, rideable waves instead of summer dribble. The catch is that the trade winds continue to blow from the E/ENE much of the time, so the best days are tied to S/SW offshore wind windows, which only show up about 30-37% of the time. When a winter low aligns with a southerly breeze, Margara can hold some of its best and most powerful surf of the year.
Fair Surf Season (March, April, September, October)
The shoulder months are a compromise. Wave size settles into the 4.5-5.5ft (1.3-1.7m) range and the average period drops slightly, but favourable offshore wind percentages rise, especially in September and October. Swell direction is still dominated by NE/ENE, with occasional N/NNW pulses during frontal passages. These months often deliver clean, lined-up waves on the better days, but they lack the raw size and period of mid-winter. It is a great time to find Margara with light winds and manageable, rippable surf rather than heavy, powerful waves.
Low Surf Season (May - August)
Summer is the doldrums. The average swell drops to 4-4.5ft (1.2-1.3m), average periods hover around 6.0-6.3s, and the N/NNW/NW source nearly disappears. Instead, a relentless E/ENE trade-wind sea takes over, making up 64-77% of all swell in June and July. For a north-facing break, this is mostly weak, cross-shore, sectiony surf. The small silver lining is that the wind is ideal for surfing 35-49% of the time, so you can still find clean, waist-to-chest-high waves when the trades ease, but there is just no power or push behind them.