Viareggio - Royal Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this stretch of coast is looking pretty flat and sleepy for the next couple of weeks. If you were hoping for a solid swell window, you’re gonna be disappointed. There are slim pickings, and most of what shows up is tiny, short-period slop. The good news? The mornings are often glassy, so if you’ve got a foamie or a longboard and just need to get wet, there’s a chance to paddle around, but we’re not talking about real waves here.

The only spot on the radar is Viareggio - Royal (Versilia). It’s a beginner-friendly, exposed beachbreak that’s inconsistent and rarely gets any proper push. The water is running at 84° right now, which is a massive 7° warmer than usual for this time of year—that’s very unusual, and it makes the flat spells a bit more bearable for a swim, if not for a surf.

Thursday morning (August 6) kicks things off with zero swell, clean and glassy with a light E breeze at 3 mph. Not a ripple to surf. The afternoon tries to sneak in a 0.3 ft W swell with a 5-second period, but that’s nothing. The combined energy is 2—weak. Friday morning (August 7) picks up a touch: 0.7 ft from WSW, 7 seconds, with a light offshore ENE wind at 3 mph. It’s clean, but still tiny. The afternoon pushes to 2 ft from SW, 6 seconds, but the wind goes cross-on from the W at 6 mph, so it’s messy.

The weekend is more of the same. Saturday (August 8) and Sunday (August 9) have mornings with 0.7 ft WSW swells, 5-second periods, and glassy conditions with 3 mph offshore breezes. Energy is weak, single digits. Afternoons are onshore and junky. Monday (August 10) is dead flat all day. By Tuesday (August 11), we’re looking at a 0.3 ft SW blip in the morning, again glassy, but pointless. Wednesday (August 12) is the same story. From the 13th right through the 15th, it’s a total blank—no swell at all. That’s a solid gap of three days with nothing.

Then things start to barely stir. Sunday morning (August 16) brings back 1 ft from SW at 5 seconds, with a glassy E breeze. The afternoon bumps to 2 ft but it’s onshore WSW. Monday morning (August 17) has 1 ft SW, 6 seconds, with a clean offshore E wind at 3 mph—that’s probably the cleanest little window we get all fortnight, but it’s still knee-high at best. The combined energy is only 5. Weak.

After that, it’s a slow fade with a few tiny pulses. Tuesday (August 18) afternoon shows 2 ft from SW, but it’s onshore and weak. The most interesting (and I use that term loosely) session looks like Wednesday morning (August 19): 2 ft of SW swell, 6-second period, with a glassy ENE breeze at 3 mph. Combined energy gets to 36—still weak, but it’s the most we’ve seen. It’s small, clean, and on the better side of poor. Not a standout by any stretch.

The last few days just trickle out. Thursday (August 20) is small and cross-onshore. Friday morning (August 21) brings 1 ft from WSW at 8 seconds, with a glassy ENE wind—again, clean but tiny. The afternoon adds a bit more push (1 ft from WSW, 7 seconds) but it’s onshore.

So here’s the deal: nothing in this 16-day window is worth getting excited about. The only conceivable paddles are the clean, glassy mornings on August 7, 17, and maybe the 19th, but they’re all under 2 ft. With such weak energy and short periods, there’s just no drive. If you’ve got a kite, those afternoon onshore breezes might give you something, but for a surfboard, it’s a quiet spell. The water is weirdly warm, so if you just want to float around, go for it. But don’t expect waves.

Stay patient, check back later, and keep the board waxed—it won’t stay this flat forever.

Rusty

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