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Conditions at Playa Serena in December
December: Dry Season Mix and Clean Mornings
December closes the year with a classic dry-season pattern. Wind is strongly offshore, with NNW at 62.2%, N at 11.2% and NW at 11.0%, and ideal windows remain at 72%, giving Playa Serena plenty of glassy, groomed surface conditions. The swell, however, is a two-part story: SSW/SW/WSW still combine for about 63% of the energy, but N/NNW windswell reappears around 24% combined and average period slides back to 9.0s. Height averages 0.7m (2.3ft), mostly in the 0.5-1m (1.6-3.3ft) band. With rain dropping to 3.45mm/day, air temperatures around 25.8°C and water temperature at 28.3°C, December is a pleasant month for clean but inconsistent, short-period small waves. The north swell is mostly shadowed, but the SSW pulses that do arrive will be nicely groomed by the offshore flow.
Average Spot conditions at Playa Serena in December
Swell history for December
Wind history for December
Swell quality
Analyze the groundswell consistency at Playa Serena during December. Based on historical data, there is a % probability of groundswell occurring this month. The chart below provides a detailed breakdown of the average wave height distribution, offering deep insights into the swell quality and surf potential you can expect at Playa Serena for your next trip in December.
Ground swell
Ground swell by size
Wind conditions
Evaluate the wind and swell alignment at Playa Serena for December. Our analysis shows that favorable offshore or side-shore winds coincide with surfable swell approximately % of the time. The accompanying graph illustrates the average size distribution of waves during these optimal wind windows at Playa Serena.