Gizzeria Lido (Hang Loose Beach) Search Add Picture Edit

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

Rules
Zones

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.