Albenga Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat for the region. We've got a long stretch of nothing doing, so let's run through it.

The water is running at a toasty 82° right now, which is a full 9° warmer than normal for this time of year. That's very unusual, so you might not even need that full wetsuit.

The real story here is a big gap with no surf to speak of. Starting Thursday the 3rd, through to Tuesday the 8th, it's dead calm. We're talking zero wave energy, clean mornings but nothing to ride. We then get a tiny blip on Wednesday the 9th morning with a 2ft south swell (period 5 seconds) and light offshore winds from the northwest, but the combined energy is only 13 – that's weak. It’s a river mouth setup at Albenga, it's inconsistent and isn't even worth paddling out for.

Then another big dry spell hits from Thursday the 10th right through until Wednesday the 16th. That's a full seven days of virtually nothing. There's a little bump on the 17th morning with 1.0ft from the SSW (period 5 seconds), energy at 8, but it's still poor. The only tiny bit of hope lands on Friday the 18th morning, with glassy conditions and a 0.7ft easterly bump, but again, it's barely a ripple.

Honestly, for the entire 16-day window, we don't have a single standout session. The breaks are all rated as poor. The energy is so low that even the 3ft pulse showing on the 18th afternoon with a 6-second period from the ESE only manages 51 – still well below what gets the heart pumping. For a river mouth that needs a proper push from the SSE, this is a bust.

If you're desperate, keep an eye on that Wednesday the 9th for a possible knee-high dribble, but otherwise, this is a write-off. The 18th afternoon might offer the biggest surge but it’s onshore and messy. With the constant cross-offshore mornings but no swell, it's more of a longboard-flat-calm cruise than a surf.

Hang in there. Forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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