Ancona Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Ancona.

Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – this is a tough stretch. The next 16 days are looking pretty bleak for a proper paddle. We’re staring down the barrel of a long, dry spell with barely a ripple to get excited about. The first real chance to get wet doesn’t show up until the afternoon of Thursday, 24th July, and even then, it’s grim.

Ancona is a point break, and it’s a fairly consistent spot, but you wouldn’t know it from this forecast. The water is sitting at a very warm 81°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year. You’ll be surfing in boardies for sure.

On the 24th, we’ve got a tiny 3 ft swell from the ENE, but with a short period of just 5 seconds and a weak combined energy of only 45, it’s gutless. To make matters worse, it’s blowing cross-on at 12 mph from the east, making it choppy and poor. The energy is just not there for any kind of decent wave.

The next few days are a total write-off. Saturday the 25th through to the end of July offers nothing but tiny, weak swells, or flat spells. You’ll see a few 2 ft bumps here and there, but with periods under 6 seconds and mostly cross or onshore wind, it’s just messy. The wind does go light cross-off from the S on Sunday the 26th morning, but the swell is a pathetic 1 ft – hardly worth getting out of bed for.

We slide into August, and the pattern doesn’t change. There are days with no surf at all, like the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th of August. The first hint of something a little bigger comes on Friday the 7th of August, with a 2 ft swell from the NNE, but the wind is howling cross-on at 16 mph. That’s a choppy, blown-out mess, not a surf session.

The best of a bad bunch, if you can call it that, is Saturday the 8th of August. The morning shows a clean 2 ft swell from the north with a 5-second period and a combined energy of 15. The wind is light cross-off from the WNW, so the surface will be glassy. But at 2 ft, it’s ankle-to-knee high. For a beginner, it might be a place to sit on a foamy, but for anyone else, it’s a frustrating day.

Overall, there’s no standout here. The swell is just too small and weak, and when there is a pulse, the wind ruins it. This is a classic case of a blank run for this area. It’s not often this poor for this long, but forecasts can change. For now, the kite surfers might have more fun with the consistent onshore breezes than we will. Hang tight.

Rusty.

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