Ristorante or La Toscana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about your local waves for the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty grim run for Ristorante (or La Toscana). This is a reef break that needs a good SW swell to work, but for the whole 16-day window, the ocean just isn’t delivering anything worthwhile. There are no solid, rideable days on the cards. Every single day is marked as poor surf conditions, so don’t be in a rush to grab your board.

Looking at the first week, we’ve got tiny, weak swell with no energy. On the morning of the 12th of July, there's a tiny bump of 2ft from the south with a period of 6 seconds and glassy conditions (combined energy of all swells directed here is 29). That’s the cleanest the water will be, but the swell is too small and weak to hold you up. The water temperature is 79°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – a solid 4 degrees above average.

We then go into a real dead zone. From the 15th of July right through to the 22nd, there’s hardly any swell at all. Most days show flat, zero-energy readings. On the 16th of July afternoon, a tiny 2ft south swell pops up, but it’s cross-onshore and choppy. On the 17th of July morning, we finally get the biggest push of the whole forecast: 4ft from the SW with a 6-second period and a cross-shore wind (combined energy of all swells directed here is 115). That’s the most size we’ll see, but even that is weak, short-period, and the wind is only “gentle cross-shore with slight cross-chop”. It won’t form a proper wave on this reef.

Basically, nothing breaks the 5ft mark here, so it’s never big. But it’s also never *good*. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore whenever there’s even a pulse. A few mornings (like the 21st and 22nd of July) go clean with light offshore winds, but the swell is then a pathetic 0.7ft. You’d be floating more than surfing.

If you’re desperate for a paddle, the 17th of July morning is the only time you might get something, but it’s a poor-quality, weak, and slightly choppy wave. Honestly, with this consistent lack of proper swell and mostly choppy wind, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for the majority of the period. For the rest of it, it’s flat as a pancake.

That’s the long and short of it. This stretch is a write-off. Don’t force it. The ocean will come back around.

Rusty.

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