Algajola Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me level with you. For the next couple of weeks, it’s looking pretty grim for a paddle. If you’re in Corsica and you’ve got a kite, well, maybe you’ll find something, but for a surfboard, we’re in for a long dry spell.

Starting off, it’s flat. Nada. Zip. For the first ten days or so, from July 7th right through to the 16th, the swell is either non-existent or just tiny little wind slop. We’re talking waves barely six inches high, nothing you’d even paddle out for. There’s a bit of very small stuff on the 9th and again on the 16th, but with combined wave energy readings of just 14 and 7, it’s basically flat. The wind on the 9th is light cross-shore, but the swell is too weak to bother with.

The water is warm, about 79° on Tuesday morning the 7th, and that's a massive 6° warmer than normal for this time of year. Really unusual, but with no surf, it’s just a bath.

Then, on the morning of Monday, July 21st, things finally wake up. That’s your one and only standout window. Algajola (Algajola) will see a solid 7ft groundswell from the west, with a period of 8 seconds. That’s a stacked 441 combined wave energy – the only real energy in the whole outlook. The wind is glassy offshore from the north-northeast, so the surf will be clean. However, 7ft is up there, a bit too big for beginners, and with that shorter period, it might be a bit crumbly on the beach break setup.

The afternoon of the 21st is smaller but still okay for a semi-competent surfer, with about 5ft waves. But the wind swings a bit cross-onshore.

After that, it drops back down to nothing again. The 22nd has a little 3ft wave, but the energy is gone.

So, the honest truth: you’ve got one morning, July 21st, to get on it. Everything else is a write-off. Keep the board waxed and your fingers crossed for a better forecast later on.

Rusty.

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