Viareggio Piazza Mazzini Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, and I’ve got to be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking flat and frustrating for the Viareggio Piazza Mazzini zone. We're in for a long stretch of nothing much to write home about, so don’t get your hopes up too early.

We’ve got a whole lot of days with tiny, weak swell and mostly onshore or light winds. The first real glimpse of anything rideable comes on Sunday, August 30th. We’ll see a pulse of 6 ft swell from the WSW with 7-second period. It’s got some moderate energy (388), but the winds are cross-shore and light, so it’ll be bumpy and marginal. Probably just one or two waves an hour. The combined energy is moderate, but it doesn't look clean. Not a standout, just the first pulse after a long flat spell.

If you’re patient, there’s a couple of better mornings to keep an eye on. Thursday, September 4th, the morning looks like the best chance. We’ve got a clean 4 ft WSW swell with an 8-second period and glassy conditions. That'll be clean and surfable, but still nothing special. The water temp is pretty average for this time of year, nothing weird going on.

Then Thursday, September 3rd morning offers a glassy 4 ft from the SW, but it’s cloudy and ordinary – again, just a surfable wave, not a classic session. The swell energy is moderate (116).

Honestly, nothing here is a true standout. The biggest, most energetic swell arrives on Saturday, August 29th, with 8 ft from the WSW and strong energy (749), but it’s got onshore wind and the forecast says “poor surf conditions.” That much swell and wind will be messy and probably too much for anyone but experts, and even then, it’s gonna be blown out. The waves are short-period (8 seconds), so it’s windswell, not groundswell.

For the beach break setup here, with the onshore winds that day, it might be more interesting for the kite surfers than paddlers.

After that first week of September, it drops right back to tiny ankle-biters.

So, my honest call: the best on offer is the Thursday, September 4th morning session with glassy conditions and waist-high swell, but it’s just a serviceable wave. Don’t expect any bombs. The rest of the 16 days is pretty much a write-off. We get a few mornings that are clean and glassy with small swell, but the waves just aren’t there. Sometimes it goes like this in this area, but forecasts can shift, so don’t give up just yet.

Stay tuned, Rusty.

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