Isola Delle Femmine Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the outlook for Isola Delle Femmine over the next 16 days is a real struggle. We’ve got a long stretch of flat, weak conditions ahead, so don’t get your hopes up for any proper sessions.

Starting right now, the water temperature is a toasty 86°, which is a whopping 8° warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s very unusual, a real anomaly. The first few days are a write-off. Saturday the 5th through to Tuesday the 10th of September are almost completely flat, with combined swell energy barely registering (2 on the scale). The tiny 0.7ft of swell we see is short-period, windswell muck. You’ll be staring at a glassy, clean surface but with zero push. It’s a lake out there.

We finally see a tiny pulse of life on Wednesday the 11th of September, with a 1ft to 2ft swell from the west, but the period is a pathetic 3 to 5 seconds. The energy is still weak (12 at best), and by the afternoon a cross-onshore wind from the WNW at 16 mph makes it choppy. This is not surfable.

The weekend of the 13th and 14th offers the most interesting, but still marginal, window. Sunday the 13th of September morning sees a jump in swell to 6ft from the NW with a period of 8 seconds, pushing the combined energy into moderate territory (993). That’s a proper amount of water moving, but it’s paired with a light cross-onshore breeze. The afternoon drops to 5ft with an onshore wind. The size is there, but the quality is poor and it’s just a marginal forecast. This is the only time the swell gets over 5ft, so it’s already too much for beginners, but not quite a big-wave day for experts.

After that, it’s back to the doldrums. From Monday the 14th of September right through to the end of the outlook on Sunday the 20th of September, we’re looking at tiny, weak waves (0.7ft to 2ft) with no energy, and mostly poor, choppy conditions. There are gaps of several days with absolutely nothing to recommend.

The only break on offer is Isola Delle Femmine, a beginner-friendly spot that’s fairly consistent. But with the available swell, it’s just not happening. The setup is exposed, and the optimum direction is from the NW, which we get a touch of on the 13th, but the wind ruins it. For this entire period, the surf is a no-go. The only thing that might be worth a look is if you’re a kite surfer, because the choppy, onshore wind on the 12th and 13th could offer some grunt, but for a paddle surfer, it’s a hard pass.

Stay patient, keep an eye on the charts, and don’t waste the petrol. The forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a long, blank run.

Rusty.

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