Circoletto (Rome) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next sixteen days around Circoletto (Rome) are looking pretty grim for paddle surfing. This is a beach and reef setup, exposed to the swell, but unfortunately, the swell just isn’t showing up. We’ve got a long stretch of flatness ahead.

Starting off on Friday 31st July, we’ve got a tiny 3ft swell from the NW, but the period is a super short 5 seconds, and the combined energy is a weak 45. The wind is a light cross-offshore in the morning, but the wave comment says it all: poor surf conditions. The swell drops to 2ft in the afternoon.

Saturday 1st August is a bit of a tease. The morning is glassy with a 2ft NW swell, but again, it’s little more than a ripple with a 5-second period and energy of just 20. It’s clean, but barely rideable. The rest of the day is worse.

From Sunday 2nd August all the way through to Saturday 15th August, the swell is virtually non-existent. Heights are mostly below 2ft, with periods under 7 seconds, and combined energy rarely hits double digits. There are multiple days – like the 3rd, 4th, 13th, 14th, and 15th – where the swell flatlines to zero. The wind is often glassy or light offshore in the mornings, but there’s simply no wave to work with.

The only real standout, if you can call it that, is the morning of Saturday 1st August. The wind is glassy, the swell is 2ft from the WNW, and it’s the cleanest we’ll see. But with a 5-second period and energy of 20, it’s a session for a longboard or a foamie, not a shortboard. Don’t expect much.

This is a tough run. The forecast shows no solid surf at all for over two weeks. For a beach and reef break like this, with the winds often cross-on or onshore, and the combined energy never reaching moderate (under 100), this is a total blank. For any surfer, this is a write-off.

Rusty.

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