Ristorante or La Toscana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let’s get straight into it.

We’re looking at a pretty quiet stretch ahead at Ristorante. If you’re hoping for a solid session, you might want to keep your expectations low – the overall pattern is one of small, weak swell and mostly unfavourable wind. There’s a decent enough window coming up, but it’s not exactly firing. The water temperature is running about average for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

First real chance of something rideable comes Thursday morning 16 July. Early on it’s dead calm with glassy conditions, but the swell is tiny – just 1ft from the south with a short, weak period of 5 seconds. Combined energy is only 5, so it's basically flat. By the afternoon, the wind swings west and goes cross-on at 12 mph, chopping it up. Not worth paddling out.

Friday stays small and messy. Morning has a light cross-shore wind and nothing doing – swell is 0.7ft from the west-northwest with a period of just 3 seconds and energy of 1. Same story Friday afternoon.

Saturday morning 18 July offers a small improvement. Swell lifts to 1ft from the southwest, period edges up to 4 seconds, and the wind is light cross-off from the east at 6 mph. Conditions stay clean, but it’s still only got combined energy of 4. Fine for a longboard or a float, but not much more. Afternoon goes onshore and choppy.

Sunday 19 July morning is probably the pick of the week. Swell pushes to 2ft from the west-southwest, period still 5 seconds, but combined energy jumps to 17 – that’s at least some push behind it. Winds are light cross-off from the east at 6 mph, keeping the surface clean. It’s small, but you could get a few fun little runners if you’re in the right spot. Sunday afternoon the wind swings onshore again and the swell drops back.

Beyond that it’s more of the same: tiny waves, often poor wind, and very low energy right through to the end of the month. There’s a slight uptick on Tuesday 28 July morning with 2ft from the southwest and period 4 seconds, energy of 10 – but winds are light and clean from the east at 3 mph. Still small. Wednesday 29 July sees the best swell of the whole period: 2ft from the south-southwest, period 6 seconds, combined energy climbing to 28 in the morning. Winds are light cross-off from the east at 6 mph – clean again. But 2ft with a short period is not going to get the heart racing. By Thursday 30 July morning, it’s similar: 2ft southwest swell, period 6 seconds, and glassy conditions with combined energy of 34. That’s the best you’ll see across the whole 16 days. It’s small, it’s weak, but it’s clean and rideable.

Honestly though, nothing here stands out as a proper session. The best on offer is that Thursday 30 July morning window – glassy, 2ft, and the most energy we’ll see – but it’s still tiny. If you’re a beginner, the size is fine, but the lack of power and short period means it’ll be soft and a bit gutless.

For the rest of the month, expect long gaps of nothing worth paddling out for. Conditions are mostly poor, winds are often onshore or cross-on, and the swell barely registers. It’s not unusual for this area to go through flat spells, and this is one of them.

Rusty.

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