Where to Surf in September
Compare seasonal surf destinations for September, with spot profiles and links to current forecasts.
30 spots featured
September is one of surfing's best-kept secrets. The Southern Hemisphere swell season is still pumping, but summer crowds have thinned dramatically. Indonesia enters its sweet spot — consistent swell, offshore winds, and far fewer surfers in the water.
The North Atlantic hurricane season sends powerful swells to the Caribbean, the Canary Islands, and the East Coast. Portugal and France see early autumn swells return with warm water from the summer months.
It's also the beginning of the shoulder season for many destinations, meaning lower flight prices and emptier lineups. For the strategic traveler, September delivers maximum value.
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Southeast Asia(8 spots)
Uluwatu
Bali, Indonesia
Uluwatu is Bali's most famous wave, a long, walling left-hander that breaks over a shallow reef at the base of dramatic limestone cliffs. The wave offers multiple sections—from...
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G-Land
Java, Indonesia
G-Land (Grajagan) is one of surfing's most revered lefts, hidden in the jungles of Java's remote Alas Purwo National Park. The wave offers multiple world-class sections—from the...
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Padang Padang
Bali, Indonesia
Padang Padang is Bali's version of Pipeline—a short, violent, left-hand barrel that explodes over a dangerously shallow reef. Unlike Uluwatu which works on small swells, Padang...
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HT's
Mentawai, Indonesia
HT's (Hollow Trees, named for the casuarina trees on shore) is the Mentawai Islands' most famous right-hander—a long, mechanical barrel that peels down a pristine coral reef on...
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Macaronis
Mentawai, Indonesia
Macaronis is the Mentawai Islands' most user-friendly world-class wave—a forgiving left that produces 4-6 second barrels followed by rippable walls, working in virtually any...
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Desert Point
Lombok, Indonesia
Desert Point is one of the longest, most perfect barrel rides on Earth—and one of the most fickle. When SW swells combine with low tide and offshore winds, this Lombok left...
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Impossibles
Bali, Indonesia
Impossibles earned its name because it's usually too fast to make—the wave races down a shallow reef so quickly that most sections close out before you can reach them. But with...
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Rifles
Playgrounds, Mentawais, Indonesia
Rifles is pure Mentawai magic—a flawless right-hand barrel that can run for 200+ meters when the swell angle is dialed. The wave requires a precise South swell direction to...
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Australia(8 spots)
Snapper Rocks
Gold Coast, Australia
Snapper Rocks is the starting point of Australia's legendary Superbank—an artificial sand formation that can create rideable waves stretching over 2 kilometers to Kirra. The...
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Bells Beach
Victoria, Australia
Bells Beach is Australian surfing's spiritual home—a powerful right-hand point break carved into the dramatic sandstone cliffs of Victoria's Great Ocean Road. Home to the world's...
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Margaret River
Western Australia, Australia
Margaret River is Western Australia's undisputed wave capital—a stretch of rugged coastline where powerful Indian Ocean swells meet a minefield of world-class reef breaks. The...
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Angourie Point
Northern NSW, Australia
Angourie Point is a historic right-hand point break that helped birth Australian shortboard surfing in the 1960s. The wave breaks over a basalt reef into a deep channel, producing...
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The Box
Margaret River, Australia
The Box is one of the most feared waves on Earth—a mutant right-hand slab that produces square-shaped barrels of terrifying intensity over a barely submerged reef shelf. When...
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North Point
Margaret River, Australia
North Point is Margaret River's big wave venue—a long, powerful right-hander that handles massive swells when other spots close out. The wave breaks over a shallow reef shelf,...
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Crescent Head
Mid North Coast NSW, Australia
Crescent Head is the quintessential Australian point break—a long, walling right that peels along a rocky headland for 400+ meters on its day. The wave is forgiving and...
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Cactus
Nullarbor, Australia
Cactus is Australia's most remote quality surf zone—a collection of breaks at the edge of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, where the Southern Ocean delivers raw power to an...
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Pacific(6 spots)
Cloudbreak
Tavarua, Fiji
Cloudbreak is a left-hand reef break off Tavarua in Fiji. Southwest swell can produce long walls and powerful barrels, with conditions changing substantially as swell size and...
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Teahupo'o
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Teahupo'o is surfing's most feared and respected wave—a mutant left-hand slab that detonates over an impossibly shallow reef on Tahiti's southern coast. When S-SW swells push...
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Raglan
Waikato, New Zealand
Raglan is New Zealand's most celebrated surf destination, a series of volcanic point breaks that peel along black sand beaches on the North Island's rugged west coast. The main...
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Restaurants
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Restaurants is Fiji's hidden gem—a perfect left-hand tube that serves as the go-to alternative when Cloudbreak gets too intense. Named after the resort restaurant overlooking it,...
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Namotu Lefts
Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Namotu Lefts is one of Fiji's most consistent high-performance waves—a hollow left-hander that breaks right in front of the Namotu Island Resort. The wave produces powerful,...
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Frigates
Kadavu Passage, Fiji
Frigates is Fiji's Coral Coast answer to Cloudbreak—a heavy left-hand barrel that breaks over a mushroom-shaped reef in the remote Kadavu Passage. The wave is powerful and hollow,...
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Africa(4 spots)
Jeffreys Bay
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Jeffreys Bay is surfing's ultimate right-hand point break—a legendary sand-bottomed wave that spirals down a long bay on South Africa's Eastern Cape. The wave connects multiple...
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Skeleton Bay
Skeleton Coast, Namibia
Skeleton Bay is one of surfing's most alien landscapes—a sand-bottomed left point in the remote Namibian desert that produces the longest tube rides ever documented. When massive...
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Dungeons
Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Dungeons is South Africa's premier big wave spot—a powerful right-hand reef break near Hout Bay that hosts the Red Bull Big Wave Africa event. The wave produces double-up drops...
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Seal Point
Cape St. Francis, South Africa
Seal Point is where modern surf travel began—the wave that captivated the world in Bruce Brown's Endless Summer (1966). This long right-hand point break in Cape St. Francis once...
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Europe(3 spots)
La Graviere
Hossegor, France
La Graviere is arguably the world's heaviest beachbreak—a freight-train of a wave that breaks with reef-like power over shifting sand banks in Hossegor, France. The Gouf de...
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Bundoran Peak
County Donegal, Ireland
Bundoran Peak is Ireland's premier reef break—a horseshoe-shaped rock shelf that creates perfect A-frame peaks in the heart of County Donegal. The wave offers both left and right...
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Easkey Right
County Sligo, Ireland
Easkey Right is one of Ireland's most consistent and forgiving reef breaks—a long, peeling right-hander in County Sligo that handles everything from playful 3-footers to solid...
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Central America(1 spot)
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