February repeats January with fewer people on it. The Canaries, Morocco and Sri Lanka are still the three peaks, and the Canaries gain the most: the same swell as January, empty car parks. It is also the coldest the Atlantic gets, 17° in Morocco and 18° in the Canaries, against 28° on the Sri Lankan south coast.
Sorted by the coasts at their peak in February, then by verdict.
| Country | February on that coast | Water | Peak season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canary Islands | Excellent | 18° | Peak |
| Morocco | Excellent | 17° | Peak |
| Sri Lanka | Excellent | 28° | Peak |
| Colombia | Very good | 27° | – |
| Costa Rica | Very good | 28° | – |
| France | Very good | 12° | – |
| Iceland | Very good | 6° | – |
| Ireland | Very good | 8° | – |
| Panama | Very good | – | – |
| Portugal | Very good | 14° | – |
| Senegal | Very good | 19° | – |
| Spain | Very good | 12° | – |
| Mexico | Good | – | – |
| Mozambique | Good | 28° | – |
| Nicaragua | Good | 25° | – |
| South Africa | Good | 21° | – |
| Wales | Good | 7° | – |
- Canary Islands · The month in detail
- Morocco · The month in detail
- Sri Lanka · The month in detail
- Colombia · The month in detail
- Costa Rica · The month in detail
- France · The month in detail
- Iceland · The month in detail
- Ireland · The month in detail
- Panama · The month in detail
- Portugal · The month in detail
- Senegal · The month in detail
- Spain · The month in detail
- Mexico · The month in detail
- Mozambique · The month in detail
- Nicaragua · The month in detail
- South Africa · The month in detail
- Wales · The month in detail
Verdicts are read from published surf guides and signed by us. Temperatures are monthly means published for one named break per country, not an average of a coastline. Swell height is left out on purpose: no source publishes it month by month for all of these coasts, and a figure measured one way here and modelled another way there would not compare.