Ancona Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for our stretch of coast. I've gotta be straight with you, it's a pretty bleak picture on the whole. We're looking at a long, quiet run for the next couple of weeks.

First up, let's talk about Ancona. It's a point break, mainly for the beginners, and it's fairly consistent when there's swell around, but honestly, there's just nothing doing for the next little while. The water is sitting at 84°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – a solid 5°F above average.

We're going to have a big, empty gap for most of the next week. From Thursday the 13th right through until the 18th, the surf is either non-existent or just too small and messy to even bother with. You'll see tiny dribbles, like 2ft on the Thursday and Friday, but it's all short period slop around 5 seconds, coming from the NNE, which is wrong for this spot anyway. The winds are all over the shop, mostly cross or cross-on, keeping things choppy. The energy readings are pathetic, well under 100 (21 to 41). The best you'll see in that stretch is a little 1ft glass-off on the morning of Sunday the 16th, but that’s a flat spell with no swell energy to speak of (0). It’s not worth paddling out for.

Now, things get a tiny bit interesting around the 19th. On Wednesday the 19th, we've got a glassy morning with a touch of swell from the ESE, measuring 1ft but with only 4 seconds of period. The energy is still weak (15). That’s a glimpse of something, but the wind stays light and the swell is just too weak to get excited about. From the 20th to the 22nd, we see a minor bump. The morning of Saturday the 22nd shows a 3ft swell from the ESE with a 5-second period. The energy climbs just a bit to 50, but it’s still weak. A risk of thunderstorms is forecast and the wind is cross-shore from the NW. The afternoon picks up a similar sized 2ft swell from the NNE, but with a cross-on wind. It's just not clean enough to make the most of it.

After that, it’s flat again. From Sunday the 23rd all the way through to Friday the 28th, we're scraping the bottom of the barrel again by Thursday the 27th – some glassy mornings, but the swells are tiny, under 2ft and with periods of 2-4 seconds. The energy is laughable, single digits. It's just windswell tat.

Honestly, there is no standout here. Not one day offers decent, rideable surf. The tiny pulses we do see are short period, mismatched direction, and often wind-affected. Because the swell is so weak and the conditions are poor at a beach-break setup like this, if I were a kite surfer, this light wind and small, lumpy water might look more appealing than a paddle session. For us surfers, it's a waiting game. Hang loose, and check back in a few days – forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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