Surf Forecasts:
Il Sale surf forecast from 11 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 12 Sep, 2AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period, WSW swell with 17 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Il Sale this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Il Sale in the next 16 days are 0.5m 6s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Sep 12) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be glassy at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Sat 12th Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Il Sale over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Hey, Rusty here. Let’s break down Il Sale. Honestly, it’s a quiet stretch ahead, so don’t get your hopes up too high.
Starting Saturday the 12th of September, the surf is tiny. The biggest pulse we see is a 0.4m swell out of the SW, but with a short 5-second period, it just doesn’t have any push. The wave energy is only 12, which is super weak. Water temps are about where they usually are this time of year. Sunday the 13th and Monday the 14th are even flatter – we drop to 0.2m then nothing at all.
Tuesday the 15th, Wednesday the 16th, and Thursday the 17th barely register – just 0.1m to 0.2m waves that are hardly rideable. The mornings are clean with a light offshore breeze, but the swell is just too small. The whole first week is pretty bleak.
Then, from Sunday the 20th of September all the way through to Sunday the 27th of September, the ocean goes totally flat. The energy reading is zero for over a week. The wind turns offshore and strong on Monday the 21st – up to 30 km/h from the NE – but there is no swell to work with. It’s a solid, frustrating dry spell.
No standout days to recommend here. This reef needs a proper SW groundswell, and it just isn’t coming. It’ll turn around eventually, but for the next sixteen days, it’s mostly a waiting game.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 20°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 21°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | ||||||||||||||
Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | SW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | S 7 | WNW 2 | — | — | — | S 7 | — | — | S 7 | S 7 | W 3 | W 4 | S 10 | WSW 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 17 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | off | cross | off | off | cross-on | glassy | off | cross-on | off | off | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross-on | glassy | off | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 10:10PM0.35m | 10:23AM0.29m | 10:42PM0.34m | 10:59AM0.29m | 11:12PM0.31m | 11:36AM0.28m | 11:41PM0.29m | 12:14PM0.27m | 00:10AM0.26m | 12:55PM0.26m | 00:40AM0.23m | 1:47PM0.24m | 1:17AM0.21m | ||||||
Low Tide | 4:29AM0.03m | 4:21PM0.02m | 5:00AM0.03m | 4:59PM0.04m | 5:29AM0.04m | 5:36PM0.06m | 5:58AM0.05m | 6:14PM0.09m | 6:28AM0.07m | 6:57PM0.12m | 7:03AM0.08m | 7:52PM0.14m | |||||||
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 | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — |
 | 7:37 | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:25 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 24 |
Feels °C | 25 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | SW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 7 | S 7 | W 3 | W 4 | W 4 | WSW 7 |
| kJ | 17 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | WSW 7 | — | — | — | S 7 | — | — | — | — | S 7 | — | — | — | — | — | S 7 | W 7 | — |
| kJ | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 10 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 143 | 304 | 1002 | 332 | 332 | 1047 | 926 | 926 | 944 | 927 | 759 | 1297 | 759 | 753 | 1047 | 490 | 490 | 802 | 228 |
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