Alassio Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and pull up a stool, because we’re looking at a pretty quiet picture for Alassio over this whole 16-day window. Honestly mate, it’s a flat spell. The first couple of days of July kick off with tiny, weak dribbles and the surf quality is just poor right through. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing – from the 4th all the way through to the 8th there’s zero surf racking up. Then it’s the same story: just a few days with the tiniest little bumps, barely enough to get wet, and then another dead period until the 13th. Even then, the swell is knee-high at best, with combined wave energy sitting at a measly (1 to 3) most days. There’s no real oomph behind anything.

The first real mention of surf potential? Well, it’s not good. On Thursday afternoon, the 2nd of July, you’ve got 0.3ft of swell from the west, but that’s a short-period windswell at 9 seconds. The water, by the way, is sitting at 81°, which is *far warmer* than normal for this time of year – that’s over 9 degrees above average, so you won’t need a wetsuit. But the wind on that first Thursday is a cross-offshore from the NNE at 16 mph, so while it’s clean, there’s just nothing to ride. A beginner might find something to practice pop-ups on, but that’s about it.

After that blank run, by the 8th and 9th, we see a tiny 0.7ft bump from the south, but the period is a miserable 4 seconds, and the wind is onshore or cross-onshore, just making it choppy. The energy is still in the single digits – like (1) or (2) – so it’s a complete non-event. The best conditions we see are on the morning of the 13th where it goes glassy, and the 16th morning with glassy conditions and a 0.3ft west swell, but again, it’s not enough to get excited about. Offshore wind? Yes, we get some light NW offshore or glassy mornings here and there, but with zero swell, the wind doesn’t matter.

Basically, don’t bother paddling out unless you’re happy just floating. The consistent lack of wave energy makes this a depressing outlook. Alassio is a beginner-friendly spot when it’s working, and when the swell is from the south as the break likes, it can be alright, but nothing in this forecast is lining up. It’s a solid two-week wait for something that never arrives. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a tough call.

Rusty.

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