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Pua Tree, American Samoa

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Pago Pago International Airport from A'oloau
Tāfuna, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Eddy23, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Pua Tree

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. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. 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. The town to stay in is Tāfuna, 3.1 km away (about 5 min by car). 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.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PPG, changing at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL).

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  2. Getting there. 20 min from the airport to Pua Tree.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct35 ft7 s258kJ26°C
Mon 19Oct46 ft9 s484kJ26°C
Tue 20Oct66 ft9 s459kJ25°C
Wed 21Oct144 ft7 s177kJ25°C
Thu 22Oct124 ft11 s408kJ26°C
Fri 23Oct134 ft11 s326kJ26°C
Sat 24Oct134 ft7 s183kJ26°C
Sun 25Oct74 ft7 s124kJ26°C
Mon 26Oct06 ft7 s338kJ26°C
Tue 27Oct66 ft7 s290kJ26°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. 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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to PPG, changing at HNL, then 20 min by road. About 22h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Asili

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 16 kn (30 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Asili

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 13 kn (25 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 34 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to PPG, changing at HNL, then 20 min by road. About 22h 10 door to door

The plan picks the best of 5 spots near Tāfuna each day: Asili, CoarlHead, Fatuuli (Black Rock), Pua Tree, Sliding Rock.

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Rough cost

About £1,035–£2,015 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to PPG, estimated from distance and season, changing at HNL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£600–£1,250
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£165–£280
Food7 days eating out£155–£290
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£65–£105
Total£1,035–£2,015

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

Places to eat near Tāfuna

  • Oasis RestaurantAsian · 0.5 km from the centre
  • Manuia’s Korean RestaurantKorean · 0.6 km from the centre
  • Triple C NoodleSushi · 0.6 km from the centre
  • tropical pizzaPizza · 0.6 km from the centre
  • Seafood RestaurantSeafood · 0.7 km from the centre
  • Manaia RestaurantAsian · 1.2 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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