Ristorante or La Toscana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s cooking for the next couple of weeks. Straight up, it’s gonna be a long wait before we see anything worth paddling out for. The first half of this 16-day window is a tough slog, with a big gap of several days where there’s basically nothing on offer. We’re talking flat spells and tiny, weak junk.

We start off Tuesday, July 28th, with nothing doing. Swell is a meager 2 ft from the WSW with a short period of 5 seconds, and the energy is barely a whisper (28). It’s glassy in the morning, but the afternoon gets chopped up by a cross-onshore wind. Wednesday the 29th is even worse, with the swell dropping to 0.3 ft. Thursday the 30th is a total write-off – zero swell. Friday the 31st has a tiny 2 ft NW windswell (period 4 sec) but the morning is clean with a cross-offshore breeze. Still, not enough to get excited about. Saturday and Sunday (August 1st & 2nd) are similar: tiny, weak, and mostly onshore. The whole first week is a write-off.

Then we hit another flat spell from Monday the 3rd through to Thursday the 6th, with almost no swell. Friday the 7th is the same story. It’s a grim run.

Finally, we get a glimmer of hope. Saturday, August 8th, sees a pulse of 3 ft WSW swell with a 5-second period, and a light offshore wind in the morning. The energy is still low (58), but it’s clean. Then Sunday the 9th morning is the first real standout in this whole bleak outlook. We’ll see 3 ft of WSW swell, with a 6-second period, and it’s completely glassy. The energy climbs to 88 (moderate). It’s not huge, but after all that nothing, this is a real treat. The water temperature is about average for the time of year.

The real highlight, the one you’ve been waiting for, arrives on Tuesday, August 11th. Tuesday morning at Ristorante or La Toscana is the best on offer. The swell pushes up to 4 ft from the WSW, with a 6-second period, and the energy jumps to a solid 212 (strong). The wind is light from the ESE and glassy, making for clean, fun waves. This is a reef break, and when the wind is that good, it’ll be lining up nicely. Keep in mind, crowds are possible here, so get there early. The swell is still manageable for most intermediates, but it’s a solid step up from the dribble we’ve been seeing.

Wednesday the 12th morning still has some 4 ft WSW swell and a clean cross-offshore breeze, with energy at 103 (moderate), but it’s a step down from Tuesday’s peak. The rest of the week looks like it fades back into smaller, wind-affected conditions.

So, to sum it up: the first 10 days are a total bust. The standout is Tuesday morning, August 11th, with glassy conditions and a solid 4 ft WSW groundswell at Ristorante. Sunday the 9th is a nice, smaller glassy session to warm up. Keep your eyes on the forecast for any changes, but for now, that’s the story.

Rusty.

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