October ends the season properly. The southern systems weaken, the gaps between swells stretch out, and Tofinho goes back to waiting.
Nothing else has turned yet. The rains do not start until November, the water is climbing again through 25°C, and the village is between seasons in every sense: the southern-winter surfers have gone home and the South African holidays are two months away. If the question is when to have this stretch of coast to yourself, the answer is now.
What that means in practice is a week built on the assumption that some days will be flat. Which is the same advice this coast gives in every month, just with the proportion moved: October is a diving week with surf in it rather than a surfing week with diving in it.
