Le Ruppione Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's chew the fat on what's on the menu for Le Ruppione over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a pretty grim start. We’re looking at a long stretch of flat, weak, or completely un-surfable conditions right through until the middle of the first week. For days, there’s just nothing doing – tiny, short-period windslop and onshore winds making a mess of things. The water's sitting at a very unusual 82°F, which is much warmer than you'd expect for this time of year, but that’s about the only notable thing.

Then, on the morning of Wednesday the 9th, we finally see a pulse of life. A little 3ft swell from the west with a 7-second period rolls in, the energy is weak (92), but the wind is completely glassy. Conditions will be clean, but the waves will be ordinary and pretty gutless. It's surfable, but barely worth a mention.

The real standout, and the only one worth getting excited about, arrives on the morning of Thursday the 10th. The guidance has a solid 10ft swell from the west-northwest, with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy is massive (1995), and we’re looking at glassy conditions with an offshore breeze. This is a significant, powerful swell. However, for Le Ruppione, a 10ft swell is simply too big. The finder data explicitly states the swell is predicted to be too big for this break, so this is strictly for experts only. It’s going to be a heavy, powerful, and challenging day.

The next morning, Friday the 11th, offers a much more manageable option. The swell drops to a still solid 6ft from the west-northwest (8-second period, energy at 619) and we get a clean offshore wind. Expect very good surf conditions. This is likely the best balance of size and quality for the period.

After that, the swell fades fast. Saturday the 12th drops to 2ft, and then it’s back into the doldrums with days of flatness and tiny leftover bumps through until the end of the forecast period. The run finishes with a tiny 0.7ft fetch from the west-northwest on Thursday the 17th. There's nothing else on offer.

So, to wrap it up: a long, flat wait leads to one massive, expert-only day on the 10th, followed by a good, cleaner session on the 11th, and then it's back to nothing.

Rusty.

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