Viareggio Piazza Mazzini Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s coming up for the Viareggio Piazza Mazzini stretch.

Honestly, looking at the next 16 days, it’s a pretty bleak run for any sort of surf. There’s a whole lot of flat spells and barely any pulse of swell to get excited about. The water’s sitting at a balmy 84°, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year – a solid 7° above average. That’s a weird one for sure.

The first time we see any wave height at all is on Tuesday afternoon, the 11th of August. But it’s only 0.7ft from the WSW with a puny 5-second period. The combined energy is basically nothing at 2 units. That’s not surf, that’s just a ripple.

Wednesday the 12th keeps that tiny 0.7ft, WSW direction, with a period dropping to just 4 seconds. Wednesday morning has some glassy conditions from the ENE, which would be clean, but there’s no energy behind it at all with the combined swell energy at just 1 unit. You could paddle around, but you won’t be catching anything.

Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th are basically flat, and while the mornings have offshore winds, there’s nothing to ride. This goes on right through until Monday the 17th – just the odd 0.7ft baby wave mixed in with days of zeros.

The first hint of something slightly less pathetic arrives on Tuesday the 18th. We get a 3ft swell from the SW, with a period of 6 seconds in the morning, and 3ft from the WSW with 7 seconds in the afternoon. The combined energy bumps up to 47 units in the morning and 51 in the afternoon – still weak, that’s not energetic. The morning has a clean cross-offshore breeze from the ESE, so the surface might look okay. But 3ft at 7 seconds is a short-period windswell, and with an onshore wind in the afternoon, don't expect any real shape. It’s a beginner-wave size, but nothing to get stoked on.

After that, Wednesday the 19th drops back to 1ft, and then it’s tiny, messy, or flat all the way through to Tuesday the 25th. On Tuesday the 25th of August, we see a 2ft swell from the S with a 4-second period in the morning (9 units of energy), and 2ft from the S with a 4-second period in the afternoon (22 units). That’s a short-period, choppy mess in the afternoon with a moderate cross-onshore wind, so not even worth a look for paddling. That setup, with 12 mph winds and a short-period bump, looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

There simply are no standout days here. Nothing is any good. This is one of those blank runs where the area just isn’t delivering, and it’s normal for this spot to have long flat spells. Keep the board in the car, but honestly, you’re better off waiting for the next weather pattern to do something.

Rusty.

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