Fano Sassonia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I've scanned the charts for Fano Sassonia and I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough stretch. We're looking at a 16-day window and it's pretty much a write-off for any decent surf. The first record we get is for August 28th, and it's all poor conditions with zero score. We've got a long gap of nothing but tiny, onshore junk right through until the end of the first week of September. The only faint glimmer of hope doesn't show up until Saturday the 12th of September, and even that is a bit of a stretch.

The water temp is sitting at a very unusual 82°F, which is nearly 37°F warmer than normal for this time of year. That's a real standout for Fano Sassonia.

Let’s get into it. For the whole first chunk, from August 28th right through to the 11th of September, it’s flat or close to it. We're talking swell heights of 0.0ft to a measly 1ft with periods of 2 to 5 seconds. That’s pure windswash, not surf. The wind is either onshore or cross-onshore from the North or Northeast a lot of the time, and when it's offshore from the West it's because there's no swell. The combined energy is either 0 or barely a whisper, like 1 or 19 (weak energy). There's a tiny pulse on the morning of September 9th with 1.0ft from the East at 4 seconds with a light cross-offshore wind from the South, but the energy is only 3 (weak) and it's still classified as poor. Not worth the walk.

Now, the only session that even registers as "surfable" is the morning of Saturday the 12th of September. We get a 4ft swell from the North-Northeast with a period of 6 seconds. The combined energy finally climbs to 90 (weak to moderate), which is at least something. The wind is light from the South, so it's clean and glassy – that's a major positive. The break is exposed to the ESE, and this swell is coming from the NNE, so it's not ideal, but with clean conditions you might find a crumbly little wave. It's an inconsistent spot and a beginner-level break, so for a total novice, this could be a fun little splash about in clean water. The afternoon turns it back to junk with a 5ft swell but onshore wind from the East-Northeast.

Honestly, for the entire 16 days, the morning of September 12th is your only real shot, and it's not much. If it weren't for that 4ft pulse with clean wind, there'd be nothing at all. It's a bleak run for this area, but that's how it goes sometimes. Forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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