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Surf spots and live cams in Central and South Italy

29 surf spots in Central and South Italy, Italy. Each has a 16-day surf forecast and a local guide.

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  • La Brava Civitavecchia · Intermediate · Reef break
    A fast right-hander over rocks and sand on the coast just north of Civitavecchia.
  • Banzai Santa Marinella · Intermediate · Reef break
    A peak over flat rock reef in Santa Marinella, giving lefts and rights.
  • Santa Marinella – Porticciolo Santa Marinella · Intermediate · Reef break
    Lefts and rights over rock and sand near the small harbour of Santa Marinella.
  • Ladispoli Beginner · Beach break
    Sandy peaks near the mouth of the Sanguinara stream in Ladispoli.
  • Campo di Mare Cerveteri · Beginner · Beach break
    A beach break at Marina di Cerveteri with peaks for every level.
  • Focene Fiumicino · Beginner · Beach break
    An open beach with several sandy peaks between Fregene and Fiumicino, close to Rome.
  • Ostia – Il Venezia Rome (Ostia) · Beginner · Beach break
    Rome's city beach break, in front of the Il Venezia restaurant at the end of Via Cristoforo Colombo.
  • Anzio – Marinaretti Anzio · Beginner · Beach break
    A long sandbar next to the harbour of Anzio.
  • Sabaudia – Saporetti Sabaudia · Beginner · Beach break
    A long, wild beach between Sabaudia and the Circeo headland, with many sandy peaks.
  • Gaeta – Sant'Agostino Gaeta · Intermediate · Beach break
    A fast, powerful left over sand near the headland at Sant'Agostino, north of Gaeta.
  • Gaeta – Serapo Gaeta · Beginner · Beach break
    The town beach of Gaeta, a sandy bay with lefts and rights for every level.
  • Licola Pozzuoli · Beginner · Beach break
    A long open beach north of Naples and Pozzuoli.
  • Salerno – Irno Salerno · Intermediate · River mouth
    The city spot of Salerno, a right-hander at the mouth of the Irno river over sand with a few rocks.
  • Capo Spartivento (Calabria) Brancaleone · Intermediate · Point break
    A left over cobbles at the southern tip of Calabria, on the Ionian coast.
  • San Vito Lo Capo Beginner · Beach break
    A soft A-frame on the white-sand town beach of San Vito Lo Capo, between Palermo and Trapani.
  • Terrasini – Praiola Terrasini · Intermediate · Beach break
    A small bay on the east side of the port of Terrasini, west of Palermo.
  • Isola delle Femmine Beginner · Beach break
    A well-known beach break near Palermo, named after the small island just offshore.
  • Mondello Palermo · Beginner · Beach break
    Palermo's famous bay, with lefts and rights over sand.
  • Cefalù Beginner · Beach break
    A beach break on the long town beach of Cefalù, east of Palermo, under the old town and its rock.
  • Catania – La Playa Catania · Beginner · Beach break
    The long sandy beach south of Catania, in front of the airport.
  • Agrigento – La Terza Agrigento · Beginner · Beach break
    A beach break on the south-west coast of Sicily near Agrigento, known for its rights.
  • Porto Cesareo Beginner · Beach break
    A sandy beach break on the Ionian side of the Salento peninsula.
  • Torre dell'Orso Melendugno · Intermediate · Beach break
    A wave over sand and rock on the Adriatic side of the Salento, mostly lefts.
  • San Foca – Li Marangi Melendugno · Beginner · Beach break
    A break at San Foca, about 15 km from Lecce.
  • San Cataldo Lecce · Beginner · Beach break
    The beach of Lecce, at San Cataldo, with rights over sand and rock.
  • Portonovo – La Torre Ancona · Intermediate · Reef break
    A right-hander in front of the old tower at Portonovo, under Monte Conero south of Ancona.
  • Cesano – Piramidi Senigallia · Beginner · Beach break
    A beach break near the mouth of the Cesano river, north of Senigallia, named after the pyramid-shaped breakwater blocks.
  • Fano – Lido Fano · Intermediate · Beach break
    Fano's Lido beach, west of the harbour, with lefts and rights over sand and a few man-made rocks.
  • Rimini – Rock Island Rimini · Beginner · Jetty
    The beach next to the long harbour pier in Rimini, by the Rock Island pub at the end of the pier.

Central and South Italy in the guides

  • Surfing in February
    February has the coldest water of the year in the north, but the days are getting longer and a cold high-pressure spell can bring offshore winds and long-period swell. Hossegor's legendary 2021 run happened in February, and the islands to the south are in full season.
  • Mediterranean storm surf
    Crowded rock reefs near Rome, Sicily, and on the Adriatic short bora swells at spots such as Portonovo.

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