Voltri Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. We’ve got the 16-day scope for Voltri, and I’ll be straight with you—this is one of those stretches where you might want to keep the board in the truck and the wax in the wrapper. The whole period is a tough watch for any kind of decent wave.

The water is sitting at a balmy 82°F, which is 7°F warmer than average for this time of year. That’s very unusual, honestly feels more like a bath than the Ligurian Sea.

Right off the bat, Thursday the 27th through Monday the 1st of September is a write-off. We are looking at tiny, weak dribble. The biggest pulse all week barely touches 3ft on Saturday morning the 29th, coming from the SSW at a short, weak 6-second period. The combined energy only hits 68 (moderate energy) and with a northerly offshore it’ll be clean, but it’s not going to get you wet properly. It’s just ordinary. By Saturday afternoon it drops back to 2ft and cross-on junk.

We hit a long dry spell from Tuesday the 2nd right through to Sunday the 7th of September. There are days with absolutely zero swell—just flat, glassy mornings and onshore afternoons. You might see the odd 0.3ft to 1ft reading, but with combined energy barely scraping into double digits, it’s not surf. The Sunday the 6th morning is a total lake: calm, glassy, zero energy. That’s a solid 5-6 day gap of nothing worthwhile.

The second week doesn’t offer much hope either. A little pulse shows up around Tuesday the 8th of September morning with a 1ft SSW swell at 4 seconds, offshore wind from the NNW, combined energy only 4. It’s clean, but it’s not rideable. That same pattern of tiny, weak, and clean repeats through to Friday the 11th of September. Even the best morning of the whole outlook—Saturday, August 29th morning with 3ft at 6 seconds and offshore wind—is barely a surfable knee-high wave with pretty poor shape.

Honestly, for this entire 16-day run, there’s no standout. I can’t even point you to a single session that’s worth paddling out for. The break itself is an inconsistent point that only works on a SSW optimum, and we get that direction a couple of times, but the size and period are just too weak to do anything with. Crowds are likely when it’s working, but that won’t be an issue this time.

Save your energy, lads. It’s a blank run, and for this area, that’s more normal than you’d hope. Forecasts can change, but right now, there’s nothing to get excited about.

Rusty.

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