If you live abroad, before you decide to come here have a long hard think. For less money you could go somewhere with good surf and friendlier locals. If you're in N America, try Cali, Florida, Hawaii or Fiji. If you MUST come to the Caribbean go to Puerto Rico, BVI, USVI or Barbados. If you're in Europe, go to Portugal, the Canaries, Madeira or Morocco instead.
Trinidad and Tobago are tropical islands - they are basically hot and humid.
There is a wet season from June to December when a shedful of rain falls - although it is usually in short heavy bursts. The rest of the year it is hot and drier.
The surf here is sh*t. Most of the year at most of the spots it is either flat or small onshore mush. In the hurricane season (August - November) the surf can (but usually isn't) bigger onshore mush.
For the latest wave forecast for Trinidad and Tobago, look here.
How to get here - if you are a masochist
Scheduled flights operate from Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, SF, Toronto and Vancouver in N America to Trinidad. Contact American Airlines , Air Canada and BWIA .
From Europe, BWIA fly daily from London to Trinidad. Warning! Despite its generous baggage allowance (64kg!), BWIA operate a discriminatory policy towards surfers, charging £100 per board for a return trip, whether you are under the weight allowance or not. This policy is NOT publicised on its tickets and seems dependent on the mood of the check-in clerk.
Air France flies a few times a week from Paris to Trinidad.
British Airways flies twice a week to Tobago.
Currently, charter airlines Monarch and Condor fly from London and Germany respectively to Tobago.
LIAT , Caribbean Star , BWIA and Tobago Express (a BWIA offshoot) fly from Trinidad to Tobago and elsewhere around the region. However, beware of BWIA's discrimination against surfers - they charge US$35 to carry boards, even from Trinidad to Tobago - as a seat ticket costs US$30 return it's cheaper to strap your board in beside you!
