What's on in La Union (San Juan La Union), Philippines through the year

Peak crowds — Amihan surf season, Year-end break in Philippines

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Amihan surf season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Amihan surf season, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Amihan surf season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, Summer beach crush

• Season

  Summer beach crush

  15 Mar – 31 May · usuallySchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Four hours from Manila on the expressway, so the Urbiztondo strip is bumper to bumper at weekends and the surf schools run flat out on knee-high water.

• Holiday

  Holy Week

  20 Mar – 20 Apr · usuallyCrowdedBook early

  The single busiest weekend of the year here; the beach road is a car park and rooms in San Juan are gone weeks before. Source ↗

Still on: Amihan surf season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Summer beach crush, Holy Week

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Summer beach crush (15 Mar – 31 May (usually)), Holy Week (20 Mar – 20 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — Summer beach crush, End-of-school-year break in Philippines

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Summer beach crush (15 Mar – 31 May (usually))

Busy — End-of-school-year break in Philippines, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Hazard

  Typhoon season

  1 Jun – 30 NovClosures

  Western Luzon takes systems head-on and the coast road north gets cut by landslides. The same storms are what the surfers are watching for. Source ↗

Quiet — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  Habagat surf season

  1 Jul – 31 Oct · usuallyRisk

  The second season, driven by the southwest monsoon and whatever is spinning offshore. Bigger and messier than winter, and it comes with the rain that brings it. Source ↗

Still on: Typhoon season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Typhoon season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Habagat surf season (1 Jul – 31 Oct (usually))

Busy — Term 1 wellness break in Philippines, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Typhoon season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Habagat surf season (1 Jul – 31 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Typhoon season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Habagat surf season (1 Jul – 31 Oct (usually))

Busy — Amihan surf season

• Season

  Amihan surf season

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · usuallyCrowded

  The northeast swell that made San Juan the surf town of northern Luzon — cleaner, more consistent lines than the summer season, and cold enough at dawn for a top. Source ↗

Still on: Typhoon season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Peak crowds — Amihan surf season, Year-end break in Philippines

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Amihan surf season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))