Algajola Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a real good look at our stretch of coast for the next couple of weeks. I’m not going to sugarcoat it: the ocean is going to be taking a long nap, and there is very little to get excited about. We're looking at a mostly flat, quiet pattern with only a couple of tiny windows where you might scratch out a wave.

Right out of the gate, from now through to the 5th, it’s just dead. Energy is in the single digits, and the few ripples we see have periods of 4 to 6 seconds—that’s just wind chop with no drive. A couple of mornings will have that glassy look, like on the 4th, but with 0.3m waves and no power, you won’t be able to do anything on them.

The first legitimate, though barely, window is the morning of Sunday the 6th of September. We’ve got a clean little cross-off breeze and a 1.0m swell with a 7-second period. The energy reading is still weak, but it’s the most surf we’ll have seen for days. It’s grovelly, it’s weak, but if you're jonesing, you could get a few soft ones before the onshore kicks in and chops it up.

Then it’s flat again. From the afternoon of the 7th through the 9th, the models are showing nothing. We’re talking zero. The water will be like a mill pond. If you want to swim or float around, it’ll be great, but for surfing it's a write-off.

Things start to shift around the 10th of September. The morning is clean with a 0.9m, 6-second swell, but the afternoon brings a bit more size—1.6m—and the energy numbers jump up for the first time. But with a period still stuck at 7 seconds, it’s going to be full and crumbly. It might have a bit of push, but it won’t be organized.

The 11th and 12th are the most interesting of the whole stretch. Friday the 11th sees 1.0m and 1.5m swells with the energy building. But the standout is Saturday the 12th. The morning is glassy, and we have a 1.4m swell from the west with a period that stretches to 8 seconds. The energy reading is a decent 217, finally showing some real push. This is your best bet. It won’t be epic, but there should be a few decent runners. It might be a little soft, and the direction is a touch north of where we like it, but it’s the most promising of this whole long period. The swell direction is from the west, which is fine, but slightly off our optimum.

After that, the ocean gives up again. The 13th sees the swell fade back to 0.5m, and from the 14th onward, it’s just flat, clean and empty. The models show no significant energy for the rest of the window. This might be a good time to check the wind for kitesurfing because for paddle surfing, this stretch is a bust.

So, to sum it up: don’t plan any dawn patrols until the weekend. If you want the one true standout, your target is the morning of Saturday, September 12th. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only real window with a bit of energy, a clean face, and a period that might just give us a couple of workable waves at around 1.4m. Everything else is just flat and quiet. But don’t lose hope—this stretch of coast doesn’t stay flat forever, and forecasts can change. Keep your eyes peeled.

Rusty.

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