Ristorante or La Toscana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s break down what’s cookin’ over the next couple of weeks.

Well, I’m gonna level with you – this is a rough one. Over the entire 16-day window, we’re looking at a real flat spell. There’s no good surf on the cards at all, and the first recommendation doesn’t even pop up until the 8th of July, and even then it’s barely a whisper. The pattern is grim: tiny, weak swells and poor conditions dominate the whole period. You’ll be staring at a long gap of nothingness for days at a time.

Let’s run through it. Starting Wednesday, 8th July, at Ristorante (or La Toscana), it’s a reef setup exposed to the SW. The water is sitting at 79°, which is a couple of degrees warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s notable. But the surf? Absolutely flat in the morning, with a glassy surface but no swell to speak of – the combined energy is a goose egg (0). The arvo brings a tiny 1 ft from the SW, but with a short 4-second period, it’s weak (3 combined energy) and cross-onshore, making it choppy and poor.

Thursday the 9th is more of the same. Morning sees a 1 ft WSW swell with a 5-second period (9 combined energy), and while the east wind keeps it clean, it’s barely rideable. The afternoon is onshore and messy. Friday the 10th is a joke – 0.3 ft in the morning, then flat in the afternoon. Saturday the 11th gives you 1.0 ft from the SSE, but the arvo gets blown out by a 12 mph southerly. Sunday the 12th is the closest we get to a pulse: a 2 ft SSW swell with a 7-second period, giving a combined energy of 45 in the morning. It’s offshore with a NE wind, so it’s clean. But 2 ft is still tiny, and it’s coming from a short-period swell, so it’s not going to hold much shape. Definitely not a standout.

After that, it’s a long, drawn-out fade. Monday the 13th has a glassy 2 ft from the south (28 energy), but the arvo is cross-onshore and choppy. From Tuesday the 14th right through to Thursday the 23rd, the swell barely scrapes above 2 ft, with combined energy mostly in the single digits. Most days are either flat, blown out, or just a pathetic dribble of energy. The morning of Sunday the 19th offers a clean 1.0 ft with a 5-second period, but it’s so weak (5 energy) it’s hardly worth a paddle.

There is no standout in this entire run. The best you could hope for is the Sunday morning of the 12th of July, with that 2 ft and clean conditions, but even then, it’s only for the confident intermediate who’s desperate for a splash. The rest of the time, the setup is better suited for a swim or a kite session when the wind picks up, especially on those afternoons with a 12-15 mph cross-onshore breeze.

For a spot that’s fairly consistent, this is a rough stretch. But it won’t stay this way forever – forecasts shift, and the ocean always comes back. Hang tight.

Rusty.

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