Marina Romea Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. I've had a good look at the charts for the Marina Romea stretch, and I gotta be straight with you – it's a tough outlook. This is a river mouth setup that's pretty inconsistent at the best of times, and over the next 16 days, it's just not showing any real love. We're looking at a long, drawn-out period of tiny, weak waves with next to no energy behind them. The water is running really warm, about 86°F, which is a solid 8°F above the norm for this time of year – that's a proper anomaly, feels like bathwater.

The whole run kicks off on Tuesday the 11th, and honestly, it's a struggle. The swell is tiny, barely 0.7ft from the north with a period of just 3 seconds, and the combined energy is a measly 1. That's not surf, that's a ripple. Wind is onshore too, making it a complete write-off.

We roll through the rest of the week and into the next, and it's the same story. A few mornings see a bit of a clean-up with some cross-offshore winds, like Thursday the 13th morning with a light NW breeze, or Friday the 14th morning with a light northerly. But the swell is just pathetic – heights are 1ft to 2ft, and the period is short. The combined energy figures are in the single digits or very low teens. You'd be scratching for even a knee-high dribble. There's a bit of a gap from Sunday the 16th through to Monday the 17th where there's literally zero swell height forecast.

The situation improves only slightly towards the very end of the forecast. The best chance, and I mean *chance*, looks like Tuesday the 25th of August. The morning shows a 3ft swell from the SSE with a period of 5 seconds, bumping the energy up to 55. That's still weak, but it's the most we've seen. The wind is a clean cross-offshore from the NW at 12 mph, which should keep the surface tidy. It's a small wave, but it might be the only rideable bump in the whole window.

Then on Wednesday the 26th, we get a glassy morning with a light offshore from the west, and a 2ft swell from the ESE with a 7-second period. That's a slightly better period, but still pretty ordinary. The energy is 29.

So, there you have it. A long, flat spell with a tiny glimmer of hope right at the end. The 25th is the one to pencil in, but don't expect much. This is a classic case of the area going quiet, and it's pretty normal for this stretch to have blank runs like this. With the swell being so small and the wind often on it, the setup honestly looks more interesting for a kite than a paddle board for most of this period.

Rusty.

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