Ristorante or La Toscana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about Ristorante, or La Toscana. It’s a reef break that only really turns on with a solid SW swell, and it’s exposed to it. The water’s sitting at a balmy 79°, which is a whopping 4° warmer than usual—that’s a real treat, like the ocean’s had a hot flush.

Honestly, for the next couple of weeks, we’re in a proper flat spell. There’s a long, dry gap here. Nothing worth paddling out for from Tuesday the 7th all the way through to the afternoon of Monday the 21st. That’s nearly two weeks of tiny dribble, mostly wind-affected, with combined swell energy barely registering—most days it’s a 1 or 3 in the energy department. You’ll see some glassy mornings, like on the 7th, 8th, 10th, 12th and 13th, but with zero swell to push, it’s just a pretty lake. The wind flips onshore in the afternoons, making it even worse. A few mornings like Thursday the 9th and Saturday the 11th have clean, cross-off winds and a tiny 1ft to 2ft wave, but it’s so weak and short period (4-5 seconds) it’s barely a ripple.

The first real sniff of something comes on Tuesday the 21st afternoon. The swell bumps up to 5ft from the WSW, but the period is only 7 seconds and the wind is straight onshore. The combined energy jumps to 359 (moderate), but the conditions are just poor. It’ll be a messy close-out.

Now, the only bright spot in this whole 16-day run is the morning of Wednesday the 22nd. The swell holds at 4ft from the WSW, with a 7-second period and a combined energy of 110 (moderate). The wind is from the ESE at 6 mph, giving us clean, cross-off conditions. It’s finally surfable, even if very ordinary. For a reef that needs SW swell and clean conditions, this is your one small window. Crowds are possible here, so you might have a few heads. It’s nothing to write home about, but if you’re desperate, that Wednesday morning is the only time you’ll get wet. After that, the afternoon wind ruins it again.

So, for this region, it’s a bleak outlook. Flat spells hit here, and this is one of them. The only game in town is the morning of Wednesday the 22nd at La Toscana—don’t expect much, but you might snag a couple.

Rusty.

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