Marami Beach • Surf Spot Statistics

Best Surf Season (October - March)

The northeast monsoon, known locally as Amihan, is the engine that drives Marami Beach through the best half of the year. A strong Siberian high-pressure cell pumps cool, dry air southeast across the Philippine Sea, and the trade-wind fetch builds a consistent belt of N, NNE, NE and ENE swell into the beach's NNE-facing shoreline. Average wave heights climb from around 4-5ft (1.2-1.5m) in October to 6-6.5ft (1.8-2.0m) by mid-winter, with average periods sitting in the 9.4-10.4 second range. This is the window for the most powerful, rideable surf of the year. The catch? The same NE flow that makes the swell so consistent also blows straight onshore much of the time, so clean sessions are usually tied to early morning lulls or brief pulses of south to southwest offshore wind from passing troughs. Still, when the wind lines up, this stretch of coast can dish out punchy, hollow walls.

Fair Surf Season (April - May & September)

The shoulder seasons are a trade-off between wave size and surface conditions. April still has solid NE/ENE swell, but the monsoon is breaking down and onshore winds are lighter, giving more workable windows. By May, the southwest monsoon begins to take hold and offshore S/SSW/SW winds become much more frequent--ideal wind statistics jump to 45 percent--yet average wave height drops to around 3ft (1m) and the energy becomes more ENE/E and smaller. September is the mirror image: the autumn transition allows the first renewed N/NE/ENE pulses to arrive, wave periods stretch back above 10 seconds, and the wind is offshore 67 percent of the time. It is cleaner and more consistent than summer, but still a notch smaller than the winter peak.

Low Surf Season (June - August)

Summer at Marami Beach is dominated by the southwest monsoon, or Habagat. The prevailing S, SSW, SW and WSW winds are ideal offshore for the bowl, so the ocean often looks glassy and inviting, but the swell window is starved of true northeast energy. Average wave heights bottom out around 2.5ft (0.8m), periods hover in the 8.7-9.6 second range, and the dominant swell directions shift to ENE, E, ESE and SE--much of which is shadowed or poorly angled for this NNE-facing sand bottom. Expect fun-sized, groveling waves and plenty of longboard days rather than serious pits. A passing typhoon can occasionally drag in heavier southeast or southwest energy, but quality at Marami is often compromised by storm winds and chop.