Continent |
Europe |
Country |
Italy |
Next Big City |
Lamezia Terme |
Next Town |
Gizzeria |
|
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Rooms, Camping, School, Shop, Repair, Rental, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Water
Type: |
Chop, Small wave |
Hazards: |
None |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
The water is not perfectly flat, it is choppy, up to about 1 m high. May be there will be a higher wind swell when there is long lasting stronger wind. No shallow water, after 2-3m you can't stand any more.
Beach
Type: |
Sand, Pebbles |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
July, August |
Grey beach, rough grainy, like micro pebbles. Very easy to beat off the kite, don't stick too much. No shells, no sea urchins, no rocks, no concrete, no walls, buildings, etc. Very large bay all sand, between 30-50m wide, a lot of space to launch and land. In May the beach was more or less clean in front of the camping site, dirty with a lot of rubbish on the left and right of it. Plastic and flotsam from fishing boats. Crowded beach during July/August, all other month quiet empty.
Weather
Spring:
|
Shorty |
Summer:
|
Shorts |
Fall:
|
Shorty |
Winter:
|
Normal |
Summer hot, almost no rain, spring and autumn pretty warm, winter not too cold. See the local weather forecasts.
Wind
Best Months: |
May, June, July, August, September |
Wind Type: |
Thermal |
Best Direction: |
NW |
Main Direction: |
NW |
Main direction Northwest, thermal winds between 11-17 knots. Can be around 20 knots sometimes. Very constant, not gusty. Slightly sideonshore. There can also be bad weather wind also NW or from SW (Levante) with stronger wind up to 35 knots.
How to get there
Transport |
Car |
Access
|
Short walk |
Fly to Lamezia Terme in South Italy, Calabria. Or from the North go by car via Milano, Roma, Napoli to Lamezia Terme and a few kilometers to Gizzeria Lido. Or go to Napoli by ferry e.g. from Genua, and the rest by car.
Extra information
There are swimmer areas marked with buoys, don't ride inside them.
Nightlife
Great parties on the summer weekends. Fridays big party at Hang Loose, Saturdays at the neighboring beach club.