Siargao is worth visiting year-round, but what you get changes a lot by season. The right months depend on whether you are here to surf or to swim.
September to November: peak surf
The island's headline season. Northeast swell and Pacific groundswell light up the east coast around General Luna, and Cloud 9 does what it is famous for.
This is also when the island is busiest, prices are highest and accommodation books out earliest. If you want a specific place in October, book months ahead rather than weeks.
March to June: calmer and drier
Generally the driest, sunniest stretch. Smaller surf, which makes it the better window for learning, and calmer seas for island hopping out to Guyam, Daku and Naked Island, or up to Sugba Lagoon and Sohoton Cove.
If your trip is about beaches, lagoons and swimming rather than serious waves, this is your season.
July and August
Shoulder months. Surf is building, crowds are lighter than the peak, and you can still get very good conditions. A reasonable compromise if you want waves without the October crowd.
December to February
Wetter and windier, with more unsettled conditions. There are still excellent days, and the island is quieter and cheaper, but you need flexibility and a tolerance for rain.
Typhoon season
Roughly June through November, overlapping the best surf months. Most trips are unaffected, but flights do get cancelled and occasionally a serious storm closes things down.
Two practical consequences:
- Get travel insurance. Cancellation policies on individual listings do not cover weather, though genuine force majeure events are assessed separately by Koobo.
- Build in a buffer day either side of an international connection if you are travelling in these months.
Booking ahead
For September to November, and for Christmas, New Year and Holy Week, book well in advance. Outside those windows there is usually good availability closer in.
Our surf guides cover conditions break by break, and the travel guides break the island down area by area.