Ristorante or La Toscana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’m gonna be straight with you – the outlook for the next couple of weeks is a bit of a flat spell. We’ve got a long stretch of poor surf conditions ahead, so don’t get your hopes up for anything epic. The first decent wave we see is a tiny, tiny bump.

Let’s kick off on Monday, 20 July at Ristorante or La Toscana (reef). Early doors it’s glassy, dead calm, with a south-easterly breeze of just 3 mph. But the swell is a pathetic 0.3 ft from the SW, with a period of only 4 seconds and combined energy of just 2 – that’s barely a ripple. The water temp is sitting at 83°, which is a whopping 7° warmer than usual for this time of year, so it’s very unusual – you’ll be sweating in your wettie. The afternoon turns onshore with a WSW wind at 9 mph, and it’s still flat. Not worth paddling out.

Tuesday, 21 July is more of the same. Glassy morning, 0.3 ft of swell, 1 combined energy. Cross-onshore in the afternoon makes it choppy. No go.

Wednesday, 22 July starts glassy again but with nothing – zero swell. The afternoon brings a weak 2 ft from the west at 3 seconds, but it’s cross-onshore and choppy. Poor.

Thursday, 23 July – glassy morning, 1.0 ft from the NW, 5 combined energy. Still tiny. Afternoon onshore.

Friday, 24 July – we get a bit of a clean offshore wind (NE 12 mph) in the morning, but the swell is only 0.7 ft from the WSW, 5-second period, 3 combined energy. Clean, but too small to ride.

Saturday, 25 July through to Monday, 4 August – it’s a long, flat run. We get a few 0.3 ft to 1 ft pulses, sometimes glassy or clean, but nothing that breaks properly. The best you can say is the morning of 31 July has 1.0 ft from the SW with a clean cross-offshore breeze, and 1 August has a 0.7 ft glassy morning. But honestly, it’s all poor surf conditions.

The only faint glimmer comes on Tuesday, 4 August afternoon. We see 2 ft from the SW, period of 6 seconds, and combined energy of 36 – that’s still weak, but it’s the biggest swell of the whole run. The wind is a gentle cross-onshore, so it’ll be a bit messy. For a reef break, that’s still not gonna give you much. It’s a long way off, so don’t bank on it.

Overall, this is a lean period. The spot is fairly consistent, but there’s just no oomph in the ocean. The crowds are sometimes here, but you won’t have to worry about that with zero surf. Hang tight, forecasts can change. I’m Rusty, signing off.

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