Capo Marina Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. We’ve got a pretty bleak stretch ahead for the Capo Marina area. The first recommendation... well, there isn’t one for a long time. The first solid surf potential doesn’t arrive until the afternoon of Monday, the 24th of August. That’s a solid gap of over a week of flat or poor conditions to sit through.

The first sign of life comes on Monday the 24th afternoon. The wind goes glassy, and the swell picks up to 7ft from the SW with a period of 7 seconds. The combined energy will be pumping at 562 – that’s some serious ocean energy. The conditions are described as glassy, so expect clean, lined-up waves. This is a reef break, and that period is in the mid-range, so it should hold shape well. But keep in mind, this break is inconsistent and for advanced surfers only. At 7ft, this is no place for a beginner. The wind is offshore from the W, which is a major positive for the faces. The optimum swell direction is SSW, so this SW swell is slightly off that, but still good. It’s a Monday afternoon, so crowds could be a thing, but it might be manageable.

Before that, we have a few mornings with small, weak pulses. For example, Tuesday the 18th in the morning has a 2ft SSW swell with a clean offshore wind, but the energy is weak at 51. It’s surfable, but “very ordinary” is the call. Not worth getting excited about.

The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual to report for the area.

So, the stand-out window is really the afternoon of the 24th. That’s your best bet. After that, it drops back down to tiny, weak waves for the rest of the week. The 25th through to the 31st offer nothing but tiny, poor-conditions slop with very low energy, mostly under 20.

To sum it up: you’re waiting until the 24th of August for a brief window of proper, clean, glassy swell at 7ft. It’s the only real event on the books. The rest of the 16 days is a desert.

Rusty, signing off.

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