Circoletto (Rome) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let's get straight into it for the Circoletto (Rome) region. Honestly, it’s a quiet run ahead. This is a beach and reef setup that’s exposed to the south-southwest, but the whole 16-day window is looking pretty flat and uninspiring. We’ve got a long stretch of nearly nothing on offer for paddle surfing.

The first bit of activity shows up on Friday the 11th of September, but there’s very little energy in the water. We’re looking at a tiny 3 ft swell coming from the west with a short, weak period of 6 seconds. The combined energy is a feeble 49, and with the wind blowing onshore from the southwest at 9 mph, the surf quality is poor. Not worth paddling out for.

Saturday the 12th of September starts with a glassy morning – wind is light from the north-northeast at 3 mph – but the swell has dropped to 2 ft, period still 6 seconds, energy down to 31. It’s clean but too weak to do anything with. The afternoon turns onshore from the south-southwest, and it’s barely a ripple.

From Sunday the 13th all the way through to Tuesday the 22nd of September, the swell is mostly under 1 ft, with many days showing zero wave energy (0 in the combined energy fields). There are a few mornings with light offshore winds – like Monday the 14th and Tuesday the 15th with clean conditions – but it’s flat with no real swell to ride. This is a classic blank run for the area; it tends to happen when the conditions line up this way.

There’s one slight glimmer on Saturday the 19th of September. The morning is glassy again – absolutely calm winds – and there’s a 2 ft wave from the west with a period of 6 seconds. The combined energy is 23. But even then, it’s described as poor surf conditions. That tiny short-period swell won’t push through with any shape on this exposed break. It’s a light, clean window but the energy just isn’t there.

Beyond that, the second week is very quiet. From the 20th to the 26th of September, we see mostly zero swell days, some cross-offshore winds on the 24th and 25th, but wave heights are 0.7 ft or less. The strongest wind we get is 16 mph on the 25th from the southeast, but that’s only kicking up chop, not real surf.

For a standout here, there honestly isn’t one. The best on offer is the glassy Saturday morning on the 19th of September – it’s clean, but you’d be waiting on a ripple that never comes. The water temperature on the 11th was a very unusual 82° – that’s 7° warmer than average, so it’s a weirdly warm September for the area. But even that can’t make up for the lack of waves.

So, if you’re thinking of surfing Circoletto (Rome) over the next couple of weeks, I’d say don’t hold your breath. It’s a very flat spell, and conditions look more interesting for a bit of kite action on those breezy days than any paddle surfing. Forecasts can change, but as it stands, stay home and wax up another day.

Rusty.

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