Ancona Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. I’ve looked at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and it’s a tough one to call. We’ve got a full 16-day window, but for the most part, it’s looking flat and uninspiring. There’s a lot of nothing on the horizon.

We’re looking at a real dry spell. From now until around the 20th, there are only a few days with anything rideable, and even then, it's going to be small, junky, and mostly blown out. We’re talking about a long stretch of waiting, with no real swell on the cards for the first week and a half.

If you’re desperate, the mornings are your only friend. That south-west wind is going to be the only thing keeping the ocean from being a complete washing machine. But honestly, even then, the swell is just not there. You’ll be fighting for ankle-biters on a board that’s too big.

The water is sitting at a balmy 82°, which is a good 5° warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s a big deal, it’s feeling like a warm bath out there.

Now, if you’re dying to get wet, the early hours of Saturday the 8th might be your best shout, even though it’s a tough call. The swell is tiny at 1ft, with a period of 4 seconds. It’s weak, but it’s clean with that cross-offshore breeze. The energy is basically non-existent at 2, so you’ll be doing more floating than surfing menus. Later that afternoon it swings onshore and gets messy, so it’s a slim window.

Sunday the 9th is more of the same, a little 1ft NNE bump in the morning. Still weak, still smallcars. Everything is just lacking any punch.

We start to see a little more activity by Wednesday the 12th and Thursday the 13th. The swell picks up slightly, with the afternoon seeing around 2ft from the NNW. But, and this is a big but, the wind is howling from the north and it’s choppy. The combined energy tops out at 15, which is still weak. It’s going to be a messy, bumpy paddle with not much reward.

The real kicker is that through the 15th to the 21st, the models go completely quiet. Days of zeros. It’s a dead flat spell. There’s a little whisper of a 0.7ft ripple on the morning of the 20th that’s glassy, but that’s about it, and it’s not enough to get excited about.

So, here’s the deal. There are no true standouts in this window. It’s a period for fixing dings, or taking up kite surfing if you’re that way inclined. With the swell this small and the wind this messy, it’s not going to be a memorable stretch. The good news is that those flat spells don’t usually last forever around heretas. Forecasts can change, and a pulse of something could still show up. But for now, I’m not going to blow smoke up your board shorts.

Keep the faith, stay patient, and check back in a few days.

Rusty.

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