Venice Breakwater Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what the next couple of weeks are serving up for us.

The outlook across the whole period is pretty grim, to be honest. There's a long stretch of pretty poor conditions staring us in the face. The first solid chance of anything decent doesn't show up until July 20th. Before that, it's a lot of waiting. We've got some small pulses of south-southwest swell, but the wind is just messy – it's either onshore or cross-onshore, chopping the surface up. The water temp is sitting at 67°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that's one small comfort.

For Venice Breakwater, it's mostly a write-off. We're looking at small swell, mostly around 3 ft to 3 ft, coming from the SSW, but it nearly always has a messy onshore or cross-onshore wind on it. The wave energy is weak to moderate at best – you're seeing numbers like 587 (weak) and 753 (moderate) early on, but the quality is just never there. The period is often long, around 16 to 18 seconds, which is that long-period groundswell, but with that wind direction being rubbish, it's a total waste. For a beach/breakwater setup, those long period swells aren't helping much with the lack of shape.

There's a bit of a standout window on the horizon, but you've got to be patient. Monday morning, July 20th, gives us a little hope. The swell is small – only 2 ft from the SW – but the wind goes glassy. That's a rare treat. The wave energy is moderate (303) and the period is a decent 15 seconds. It's not going to be big, but it will be clean and surfable. Right then, the overall swell energy is weak to moderate (303), but the fact the water is glassy makes it the only real option in this whole 16-day run. It’ll be a small-wave morning, but the cleanest we’ll see. Expect that it could be a bit inconsistent given the long period and small size. The crowds are sometimes an issue here, but on such a small day they might be thin.

Other than that single glassy morning, the rest is just onshore slop or completely flat. The period in the second week drops off, but the wind just won't let up. It's a long dry spell right now, but with forecasts this far out, things can shift.

Rusty.

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