Il Sale Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s on the table for Il Sale. I’ve got to be straight with you: this is a tough stretch. The forecast is pretty much a flat spell for the entire 16-day window. There’s no real swell to speak of, and the conditions are mostly poor for surfing right through. The water is sitting at a very unusual 83°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – feels like a bath.

We start off on Friday, 31 July, with a tiny 1.0ft swell from the WSW, period a short 4 seconds, and the combined energy is a weak 3. It’s glassy in the morning, but the waves are just too small and weak to do anything with. The afternoon gets a cross-on wind, and it’s still poor. Honestly, there’s nothing to get excited about.

Saturday, 1 August, sees a slight bump to 2ft in the morning, still from the WSW, but the period is only 5 seconds and the energy is still low at 30. It’s glassy, which is nice, but the swell is too weak and short-period to offer any proper shape. The afternoon gets onshore and messy.

The rest of the first week and into the second is a dead loss. We’ve got a long gap of days with barely a ripple. Sunday 2 August has a tiny 1ft, Monday 3 August is flat, Tuesday 4 August is flat, Wednesday 5 August is flat, and Thursday 6 August only shows a 0.3ft. The combined energy values are all in the single digits or zero. It’s a proper blank run.

There is a slight lift into the second week. On Monday, 10 August, the morning shows 2ft from the WSW with a period of 8 seconds and the combined energy jumps to 48. It’s clean with a moderate offshore wind from the NE. That’s the best-looking window in the whole forecast. The swell is still small, but the 8-second period is a bit more organised, and the offshore wind should keep it clean. This is the only morning that looks even close to surfable, but it’s still tiny. For a more advanced reef setup like Il Sale, you need a lot more size and power to get it going.

After that, it fades back to flat and poor conditions right through to Saturday, 15 August. The last few days show nothing but onshore winds and zero swell energy.

To be honest, there’s nothing here that qualifies as a standout. The only real hope is that Monday, 10 August morning, with that offshore wind and a tiny pulse of energy. It’s not worth a drive, but if you’re desperate for a paddle and the water is warm, you might find a knee-high ripple. Otherwise, this is a 16-day stretch where the reef is asleep. The setup is more interesting for a kite than a paddleboard on most of these afternoons with the cross-onshore wind.

Rusty.

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