Circoletto (Rome) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—looking out over the next couple of weeks, the ocean around Circoletto (Rome) is going to be doing its best impression of a flat lake. There’s no surf on offer at all right now, and honestly, it’s a pretty grim stretch.

The good news? The water is sitting at a very warm 82°F, which is a whopping 7° warmer than usual for this time of year. That’s a real anomaly, so if you’re just keen for a swim, it’ll be lovely. But for a surf, you’ll be staring at a lot of nothing.

We’ve got a solid gap of quiet days from the 15th through the 21st of September. The swell charts are reading zeros, and the only movement will be from the wind. Mornings are mostly clean with light offshore breezes, but that doesn’t help when there are no waves to push around.

Now, let’s talk about the few crumbs we do get. On Saturday the 12th, we see a tiny pulse of swell—around 2ft from the west with a weak 6-second period. The energy reading is a low 31, so it’s weak stuff. The morning has a nice cross-offshore wind at 3 mph, but the afternoon turns cross-on and choppy. It’s not worth paddling out for.

The following morning, Sunday the 13th, the swell barely registers at 0.3ft, and it stays that way through Monday the 14th. Tuesday the 15th through Friday the 18th are completely flat, with just occasional glassy moments—like Friday morning the 18th, when it’s dead calm but there’s still nothing to ride.

We get a tiny whisper of swell again on Saturday the 19th, only 0.7ft from the west with a 3-second period and a combined energy of 3. That’s not even enough to call it a wave. The wind is glassy in the morning, but again, you’re just floating on a pond.

The next few days after that are more of the same—flat or near-flat. On Monday the 22nd, there’s a shadow of a wave, 0.7ft from the SSE with a 3-second period. The offshore wind will make it clean, but it’s effectively nothing. We finally see a slightly better pulse on Wednesday the 23rd with 1ft from the NW, period still a weak 3 seconds. Still not ridable.

So here’s the deal: there are no standout days, no hidden gems, no “best on offer” because nothing is worth your time. Circoletto is an advanced, inconsistent spot that rarely breaks, and this forecast shows exactly why. It’s an exposed beach and reef setup, but the swell just isn’t reaching it. The only action you might find is if the wind picks up and you fancy a kite session—especially on those afternoons with stronger cross-onshore winds. The surf itself? Forget it for the next couple of weeks.

Keep the board in the car, but don’t hold your breath. It tends not to stay this poor forever, but this stretch is looking like a write-off. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s flat, flat, flat.

Catch you next time.

Rusty

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