Ristorante or La Toscana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and let’s look at what’s coming up. The next couple of weeks here are pretty flat for the most part, so this is a waiting game. There’s some tiny, weak swell around early on but it’s wrapped in poor conditions or just too small to bother with. The real story is an extended run of almost nothing, and we’ve got to hold out over a week and a half before anything remotely surfable pops up.

We’re kicking off on Wednesday morning, August 5th, at Ristorante or La Toscana (reef). Honestly, it’s a slow start. Wednesday morning shows a tiny 1 ft SW swell, but the period is a short 4 seconds – not much push there. The wind is a light E cross-off, so it looks clean, but the combined energy is only 4 – that’s weak. It’s poor surf, not worth getting wet for.

Thursday morning, August 6th, the swell drops again to 1 ft from the S, period is still only 5 seconds, and while the wind turns glassy – which is a nice touch for clean conditions – the energy is still just 7. It’s not happening. That pattern of glassy mornings and weak, tiny swell continues right through the weekend and into the following week. We get days like Friday with zero swell, Saturday with a 1 ft WSW bump that has a 10 energy reading, still poor. Sunday and Monday are glassy but they’ve got next to no swell. This is a proper lull.

The gap after that is a long one. From about August 11th through the 15th, it’s mostly flat or holding onto 0.7 ft to 1.0 ft scraps from the NW or WNW, with energy figures often in the single digits. There’s some glassy mornings but the ocean is basically asleep. Plenty of time to wax your board for the next life.

Finally, the standout shows up on Sunday morning, August 16th. Ristorante sees a clean little push: a 3 ft WSW groundswell with a period of 5 seconds, light ENE glassy wind, and the combined energy jumps to 62 – that’s moderate, the best we’ve seen. The report calls it surfable, just ordinary conditions. It’s small but workable, and the glassy wind will make it look better than it sounds.

Then we get a bigger window on Thursday morning, August 20th. This is the one to circle. Swell bumps up to 6 ft from the WSW, a 7-second period, and the combined energy rockets to 374 – that’s very strong energy. Wind is a light E cross-off, keeping it clean. This is genuine surf, and for an exposed reef break getting a solid SW groundswell, it should have some real shape. Keep in mind, at 6 ft, it’s getting too big for beginners. For the more experienced crew, this is the best of the outlook.

So, to sum it up: nearly two weeks of near-flat conditions, then a small glassy session on the 16th, and the real highlight lands on the 20th with a clean, solid SW swell. Patience is key here.

Rusty

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