Il Convento Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the next couple of weeks and see what’s cooking.

I’ll be honest – it’s a dry spell. We’re looking at a long gap with hardly any surf worth talking about, and the few bumps that show up are tiny. The first week is basically a write-off, and that quiet stretch runs deep. It’s the kind of time where you’re better off cleaning the wax off your deck or just taking a walk on the beach.

The only spot with any action to speak of is Il Convento, a reef and point setup that’s exposed to swell from the SE. The water’s sitting at 81° – that’s a couple of degrees warmer than usual for this time of year, so you’ll be comfortable in just trunks.

For the first week, don’t bother. Tuesday morning the 28th shows a tiny 1 ft of SE swell, but with a short period of 7 seconds and a combined energy of only 17 – that’s barely a bump. The wind is cross-off from the NNW, so it’s clean, but there’s no push. Wednesday morning the 29th is glassy with a 1 ft ESE swell at 6 seconds and energy at 8 – looks pretty but won’t break. Thursday through the weekend is mostly flat, with energy readings of 1 or 0. The wind stays light or cross-on, but that doesn’t matter when there’s no wave.

We hit the second week and it’s more of the same. Early August has nothing. Wednesday the 5th of August brings a tiny 0.3 ft SW swell with a period of 4 seconds and energy of 1 – glassy in the morning, but you’d be lucky to get a ride. The rest of that week is flat calm. Even the following week, into the 12th, we finally see a little bump: 0.7 ft SSE swell on Wednesday morning, period still a weak 4 seconds, energy just 1. Then by Wednesday afternoon it picks up slightly to 1 ft from the SE, period still short at 4 seconds, energy climbing to 5 – which is still nothing to get excited about.

The best of a very, very quiet stretch is that Wednesday afternoon on the 12th of August. The swell is tiny, the period is short, but the wind is offshore from the NNW in the morning, and the afternoon is cross-on from the SE. It’s a poor surf condition overall, but if you’re really keen, you might find a few knee-high ripples. This break is inconsistent, so don’t expect much. Honestly, this is more of a "check the forecast again tomorrow" kind of outlook.

For the whole 16-day window, there’s no standout. No big swell, no clean groundswell – just very small, weak energy. The best call is to wait for a change in the pattern.

Rusty out.

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