Voltri Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board, ‘cause I’m gonna level with you. The next couple of weeks are lookin’ pretty bleak for the lineup here. We got a whole lot of flat, glassy days with nothing doing. The water is running real warm, a solid 7° above the norm for this time of year, which is a big deal. It’s like a bath out there, but you won’t need a wetsuit, that’s for sure.

We’ve got a serious dry spell on our hands. From Saturday the 8th right through to the morning of Monday the 17th, there is basically nothing surfable. It’s a long old stretch of flatness. You’ll see tiny bumps on the charts, maybe a bit of wind swell, but nothing with any push. The energy is weak, and the waves are messy. It’s the kind of stuff that gets you more frustrated than stoked. You’re better off waxing your board or fixing a fin.

Now, the first real glimmer of hope shows up on Monday the 17th afternoon. We get a slight bump in energy with a summary swell of 2ft at 5 seconds, coming from the SSW. The combined energy is a weak 17, so we aren’t talking about barrels, just some small, crumbly lines. The wind is cross-onshore out of the southeast at 9 mph, so it’ll be a little lumpy. This is one for the logs and the longboarders. Not something to get overly excited about.

Things get a bit more interesting on Tuesday the 18th. The morning sees a modest pulse with a 3ft SW swell at a short 6-second period. It’s still weak energy, but the combined swell energy is up to 66. Critically, we get a clean, gentle offshore wind from the NNW at 9 mph. This will keep the surface glassy. Voltri (Liguria) might actually be worth a paddle on that Tuesday morning. It’ll be small, but clean and rideable for the beginners out there. Crowds are possible, so get in early.

After that, the swell fades back out again. Wednesday the 19th and Thursday the 20th are back down to poor surf, with only weak, short-period slop. The wind stays offshore and the conditions are clean, but there’s just no ocean energy to work with.

Looking ahead to the weekend of the 23rd, there’s a promising long-range signal for Sunday afternoon. The charts are showing a 4ft SE swell at a 5-second period. That’s still junky short-period stuff, but the energy jumps up to 74, making it the biggest pulse we’ve seen. The wind is forecast to be glassy, dead calm out of the WNW. If this materializes, it could clean up the small but fun waves at Voltri. It’s far out though, so this is a promising but less certain call. Keep an eye on it.

All in all, it’s a tough fortnight. The start is a write-off, and the only real highlight is that Tuesday morning pulse and the possible fun on Sunday the 23rd. For everything else, you might as well take up kite surfing if you want to get wet, because the beach breaks are gonna be blown out or flat.

Rusty out.

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