Matu'u, American Samoa

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Tāfuna, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PPG (PPG), 4 km.

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About Matu'u

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (146°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (326°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 28°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, March, April and November, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Tāfuna, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PPG (PPG), 4 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 22 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PPG, changing at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL).
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Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Matu'u.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Tāfuna, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PPG (PPG), 4 km.
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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Matu'u, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	3, poor	5 ft7 smushy	258kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 20 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	4, poor	6 ft9 smushy	484kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	6, poor	6 ft9 smushy	459kJ	wind from the south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	14, poor	4 ft7 smushy	177kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	12, poor	4 ft11 smushy	408kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	13, poor	4 ft11 smushy	326kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	13, poor	4 ft7 smushy	183kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	7, poor	4 ft7 smushy	124kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 21 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	6 ft7 smushy	338kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	26°C
Tue 27Oct	6, poor	6 ft7 smushy	290kJ	wind from the south-east, 17 knots	26°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to PPG, changing at HNL, then 25 min by road. About 22h 10 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 12 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 16 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 18 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to PPG, changing at HNL, then 25 min by road. About 22h 10 door to door

Rough cost

About £870–£1,735 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to PPG, estimated from distance and season, changing at HNL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£600–£1,250
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£15–£25
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£870–£1,735

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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