På gång i Savai'i (Savaii), Samoa under året

Lugnt — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Mycket folk — Mother's Day holiday

• Säsong

  South-coast surf season

  1 maj – 31 okt · vanligtvis

  Southern Ocean swells reach the south coast through the southern winter, with Aganoa and the reef passes near Satuiatua the best-known breaks. Most are reef breaks for experienced surfers; mornings are glassier before the trade winds. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Mother's Day holiday

  8–15 maj · vanligtvisNationell helgdagStängningar

  Samoa gives the Monday after Mother's Day off as a public holiday; the Sunday is spent at church and family feasts, and government offices close for the long weekend. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Independence Day, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Independence Day

  1–3 junNationell helgdagStängningar

  Samoa marks 1 June with several days of parades, sport and church services. Savai'i is quieter about it than Apia, but the ferry across is packed in both directions either side of it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: South-coast surf season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Natur

  Humpback whales offshore

  1 jul – 31 okt · vanligtvisValsäsong

  Humpbacks from the Oceania population pass through Samoan waters in the southern winter and are sometimes seen from the south coast. Numbers are far lower than in Tonga, so treat a sighting as a bonus, not a plan. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: South-coast surf season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Father's Day holiday, Teuila Festival, Apia

• Helg

  Father's Day holiday

  8–15 aug · vanligtvisNationell helgdagStängningar

  The Monday after Father's Day is a public holiday in Samoa, so the island takes a long weekend of church services and family meals, and government offices close. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Teuila Festival, Apia

  30 aug – 8 sep · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Samoa's national culture festival fills Apia for a week with fire-knife dancing, fautasi longboat races, siva and a float parade. From Savai'i it means the ferry to Upolu and the drive into town, so stay over rather than day-trip. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: South-coast surf season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Humpback whales offshore (1 jul – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Teuila Festival, Apia, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: South-coast surf season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Humpback whales offshore (1 jul – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Teuila Festival, Apia (30 aug – 8 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — White Sunday, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  The palolo rising

  5–31 okt · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  For one or two nights in October, seven days after the full moon, the reef worms spawn and every village is in the shallows after dark with nets and lamps. What is caught sells for a fortune at Salelologa. Källa ↗

• Helg

  White Sunday

  8–14 okt · vanligtvisNationell helgdagStängningar

  The second Sunday in October belongs to the children: they lead the service in white, recite what they have learned, and are served first at the meal afterwards. Nothing else happens that day. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: South-coast surf season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Humpback whales offshore (1 jul – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Risk

  Cyclone season

  1 nov – 30 apr

  The South Pacific season runs November to April. Savai'i's beach fale are built to be rebuilt, and the road round the island washes out in places long before a storm is anywhere close. Källa ↗

Lugnt — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)