Ristorante or La Toscana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, gather 'round. Rusty here with the look ahead for our local patch.

Straight up, it’s a barren run for the next sixteen days. I've scanned every corner of the forecast and there's just nothing doing. We're staring down a long stretch of flat or near-flat conditions, with only tiny, unrideable scraps showing up now and then. It's one of those periods where the ocean just shuts down on us.

The first few days are the most frustrating. Sunday, the 12th of July, we've got a meagre 2ft of weak SSW swell at Ristorante (or La Toscana), but with a short period of just 6 seconds and onshore wind in the afternoon, it’s a complete write-off. The water is a warm 80°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, but that's little comfort without a wave to surf.

Monday the 13th starts glassy with a tiny 2ft S swell, but again, the period is too short and the energy is minimal (28). It's a pattern that just repeats: a few inches of swell, a glassy morning, then onshore wind messing it up by the afternoon. We see this through Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of that first week – waves barely reaching 0.7ft, if at all, and the energy readings are in the single digits.

After Thursday the 16th, we hit a proper dead zone. From Friday the 17th right through to Sunday the 26th of July, there are long gaps with absolutely zero swell energy recorded. A tiny 1ft bump shows on Saturday the 18th and another 2ft on Wednesday the 22nd, but they're both so weak and short-period they’re not worth a second look. The onshore winds keep the surface messy.

Honestly, for anyone walking the beach, you'd be better off looking at the kite gear. The wind is consistent enough through many afternoons, and with these flat conditions, there’s nothing for a paddle surfer to get excited about. This is just how it goes here sometimes – a blank run is normal for the area. Keep an eye on the charts; it tends not to stay this poor forever.

Stay patient.

Rusty.

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