Il Sale Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me look at what’s cookin’ for Il Sale. I gotta be straight with you—this is a tough stretch. For the next couple of weeks, there’s almost nothing worth paddling out for. The setup here is a reef break that needs a decent push from the southwest, and we just aren’t getting it in any meaningful way for a long time.

Things start off Tuesday morning, July 7th, with a tiny 0.7ft swell from the WSW and barely any energy (3). The water is sitting at 25°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year—nice for a swim, but not for surfing. The wind is light cross-off, so it’s clean, but the swell is just too weak to do anything. That’s the story for days and days. Every morning through the middle of the month offers glassy or offshore conditions on small, wimpy groundswell, but the height rarely cracks 1ft and the period is short, around 4 to 5 seconds. The combined energy barely gets into double digits. It’s frustrating.

We finally see a little bump around Saturday morning, July 11th, with 1ft from the SSW and slightly more energy (6), but it’s still tiny. By Sunday the 12th, the swell picks up just a touch to 2ft from the south, still short period, and the afternoon gets choppy with a moderate onshore breeze. It’s not surfable in any quality sense.

There’s a gap of almost no swell through the middle of the week—July 14th through the 16th sees zero wave energy. Just flat. Then Friday the 17th morning brings back a small 2ft south swell, but the period is a weak 4 seconds, and the afternoon gets blown out by a 25 km/h cross-onshore wind. Not worth it.

The only real glimmer comes way out, on Monday morning, July 20th. We get a 3ft WSW swell with a 6-second period, and the wind is glassy—absolutely clean. The combined energy climbs to 70, which is still weak but at least it’s something. The direction matches the optimum southwest, so the reef might actually start working. The afternoon pushes to 4ft and energy jumps to 156, but the wind swings onshore, so it’ll get messy fast.

Then on Tuesday, July 21st, the swell jumps to 7ft from the WSW with energy up at 792—that’s moderate energy—but the wind is howling onshore at 25 km/h with a risk of thunderstorms. That’s too big for beginners, and with that wind, it’s gonna be a washing machine. Only experts would even consider it. The period is still short at 7 seconds, so it won’t be the cleanest.

The best of the whole stretch? Wednesday morning, July 22nd. We get a 5ft WSW swell with an 8-second period—the longest period we’ve seen all outlook—and the wind is light offshore from the east. Clean, glassy conditions on a head-high swell. The combined energy hits 300, which is moderate and solid. This is the only real standout. If you’re an advanced surfer who knows the reef, that’s your window. But the afternoon fades fast with onshore wind and dropping energy.

So overall, it’s a lot of flat, small, or blown-out days, with one standout morning on July 22nd. If you’re patient and can wait, that Wednesday morning is the one to circle. Otherwise, it’s a long blank run for Il Sale.

Rusty.

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