Algajola Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here.

Look, I'm gonna be straight with you. This is a tough one. For the next 16 days, starting from Thursday the 2nd of July, there is just nothing doing. We're looking at a flat spell that stretches effectively from now all the way through to around the morning of Wednesday the 16th of July. That's a solid two-week stretch of tiny, weak, and mostly unsurfable conditions. You could almost pack your board away.

The water at Algajola is running at a very unusual 82°, which is far warmer than normal for this time of year. But it's not making any difference to the waves.

Up until the 16th, we see only dribbles of swell – 0.7 ft to maybe 2 ft at best – with periods so short they barely count, often between 4 and 7 seconds. The combined wave energy is mostly in the single digits or low double digits (like 5, 2, 1), and the honest truth is the conditions are consistently marked as "poor surf conditions," day after day. A lot of those days the wind is cross or onshore, and the surf just isn't rideable.

Now, there is a flicker of hope right at the tail end of the outlook. On the morning of Thursday the 16th of July, things get glassy with a calm wind, but it's still a tiny 0.7 ft swell from the west with a period of just 6 seconds – nothing to write home about. However, in the afternoon of that same day, we finally see a pulse of something: a 3 ft swell from the north-northeast, with combined energy hitting 37. The wind goes light offshore from the NNW at just 3 mph.

Then the morning of Friday the 17th of July cleans right up. Light east-northeast winds, a cross-offshore breeze, and a 1 ft west swell with a period of 6 seconds. It's small, but the energy reading of 11 is about as good as it gets in this whole run.

Even then, “best on offer” is a relative term here. If you absolutely need to get wet, keep an eye on that Thursday afternoon (16th) for the biggest bump of the period, and the Friday morning (17th) for the cleanest conditions. Given the overall inconsistency, a blank run like this is a little more normal for the area, but it generally doesn't stay this poor for long, and forecasts can change.

Stay patient.

Rusty.

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