Algajola Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. I’ve looked over the charts, and I’m not gonna sugar-coat it for the Algajola area – it’s a pretty flat spell you’re looking at. The next 16 days are pretty much filled with “poor surf conditions,” so we’re going to have a long wait on our hands. Basically, we’re staring down a stretch of tiny, weak waves with hardly any energy behind them. As your local reporter, it’s a quiet one, but that can happen around here.

The first half of this outlook is a real snoozer. From Wednesday 29 July right through to the early days of August, the swell is just not showing up. You’ll see little flashes of swell height up to about 2 ft, but the combined energy stays in the weak zone, barely cracking 30 (18 to 29 range). The wind isn't doing us any favours either, mostly cross-on or cross-shore, keeping that surface messy. There are some nice glassy windows – like Thursday 30 July morning (0 mph wind) and Sunday 2 August morning (3 mph wind) – but the swell window is closed, so it’s lake conditions.

Around Saturday 8 August afternoon, we see a slight pulse. The forecast shows a combined energy jump to 226, which is moderate, and we get a 5 ft swell out of the WSW with an 8-second period. That’s the biggest number of the whole 16-day run. But, the wind is still cross-on from the north at 9 mph, so it’ll be a bit choppy and not the cleanest. With the swell over 5 ft at times, it gets into the too-big-for-beginners territory. It's the best we get, but by a very narrow margin. You'd want to be an experienced paddler comfortable with a bumpy surface.

After that little spike, we drop back into the doldrums. The rest of the second week into mid-August makes a comeback effort around Thursday 13 August morning – glassy winds (0 mph) and a little 1 ft groundswell. But that combined energy is a weak 7. It’s a pretty sight, not much to ride.

As a standout for the whole period, if you had to pick one session, it would be the Saturday 8 August afternoon, but with clear caveats. The water temperature is noted as "much warmer than normal" at the start, about 81°, which is very unusual for this time of year.

Honestly, this is a blank run. For Algajola, the setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing during that Saturday pulse, but for us surfers, it's a week and a half of not much else. Forecasts can change, but as of right now, keep your board in the car and watch the horizon.

Rusty.

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