Focene or Baraonda Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this is a tough 16-day stretch for the Rome area. The outlook is pretty grim, with a long, barren run of flat to tiny, messy conditions. The only real glimmer of hope is a long way off, and it’s a shaky one.

We start off flat. From Monday the 27th of July right through until the end of the first week of August, there’s nothing doing. The combined swell energy is bottomed out at zero most days, with a few days showing a tiny 0.3 ft to 2 ft of windswell that’s either got rubbish onshore winds or is just too weak to bother with. The water temp is a warm 84°, which is a solid 6° warmer than you’d expect for this time of year – that’s very unusual, and it’s gonna feel like a bath. But you won’t be surfing it.

We’re looking at a gap of over a week with no real surf.

Then, finally, on Thursday morning, the 6th of August, we get a pulse. It’s still not a classic. Focene (Baraonda) is the only spot in the game. The swell pops up to 4 ft from the west, with a period of 6 seconds – that’s short-period windswell, so it’s not gonna have any real punch. But the combined energy hits 167 (moderate), which is the most we’ll see. The good news is the wind is glassy in the morning – dead flat calm. That’s a major positive, it’ll be clean. The trouble is, the swell is only 4 ft, so it’s barely surfable, and the score for it is a 1/10. It’s a weak, junky little wave for beginners only. By the afternoon, the onshore wind kicks in and ruins it.

After that, it’s back to flat or near-flat for the rest of the outlook. A few glassy mornings pop up on the 8th and 11th of August, but with tiny 2 ft waves and no energy, they’re just a glimpse of clean water with nothing to ride. This is a properly blank run, and for the area it’s more normal than you’d hope. Don’t plan your week around any of this.

Rusty.

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