News and guides
Where to go to the seaside in Italy and what the sea is like today: sea conditions updated in real time, region by region, plus guides to the finest beaches.
In real time
What the sea is like in Italy right now
The beaches with the calmest sea right now, coast by coast, updated every 3 hours.
See the calmest beaches →Calm sea by region
The guides
Sardinia
Beach guide
The most beautiful beaches on the Costa Smeralda: 2026 guide and today's sea
The granite coves and pink-tinged sand of the Costa Smeralda, from Porto Cervo to Capriccioli and Liscia Ruja, each with up-to-date sea conditions so you can choose where to go today.
Apulia
Beach guide
The most beautiful beaches in Puglia: 2026 guide and today's sea
A considered guide to the most beautiful public beaches and coves in Puglia, from the Gargano to Ionian Salento - with the sea state updated for each one, so you can choose where to go today.
Apulia
Ionian Salento
The Maldives of Salento: Pescoluse and Salve with today's sea
White sand and shallow, transparent water on the Ionian coast: what the Maldive del Salento are, where they are, what the seabed is like and when the sea is truly calm.
Apulia
Activity · Snorkelling
Snorkelling in Apulia: the best reefs and today's sea conditions
Still, clear water, rocky seabeds: a guide to the best public reefs for snorkelling between the Adriatic and the Ionian, with the criteria for telling whether the sea is suitable today.
Calabria
Beach guide
The best beaches on Calabria's Ionian coast: guide and today's sea
From the Gulf of Squillace to the Capo Rizzuto marine area, the most beautiful public beaches and coves of the Calabrian Ionian, each with up-to-date sea conditions so you can choose where to go today.
Calabria
Beach guide
The best beaches of the Costa degli Dei: guide and today's sea
From Tropea and Capo Vaticano to Scilla and Palmi, the white-sand beaches and coves of the Calabrian Tyrrhenian, each with up-to-date sea conditions so you can choose where to go today.
Liguria
Beach guide
The best beaches of the Cinque Terre and Levante: guide and today's sea
In the Cinque Terre mostly rocks and pebbles, with Monterosso the only sandy beach; calmer are Levanto, Bonassola, Framura and the sheltered Gulf of Poets around Lerici, each with today's sea conditions.
Liguria
Beach guide
The beaches of the Tigullio and Portofino: 2026 guide and today's sea
From Camogli and San Fruttuoso to Santa Margherita, Rapallo and Sestri Levante: pebbles, sheltered bays and the only sand at Paraggi around Portofino, each with today's sea conditions.
Liguria
Beach guide
The beaches of the Riviera di Ponente: 2026 guide and today's sea
The Liguria of sand, between Savona and Imperia: Varigotti, Noli, Spotorno, the wide stretches of Alassio and Laigueglia and the bays sheltered by headlands, each with today's sea conditions.
Marche
Beach guide
Riviera del Conero beaches: guide and calm sea
The Conero beaches from Ancona to Sirolo and Numana: white cliffs, pebbles and sheltered coves. Where to find calm sea depending on the wind.
Sardinia
Beach guide
The best beaches of San Teodoro: 2026 guide and today's sea
From La Cinta and Cala Brandinchi to Budoni: the most beautiful public beaches of southeastern Gallura, facing Tavolara, each with up-to-date sea conditions.
Sardinia
Beach guide
The best beaches of Stintino and Alghero: 2026 guide and today's sea
From La Pelosa and Asinara to the coral riviera: the most beautiful public beaches of the northwest coast, with the right shelter for every wind and today's sea state.
Sardinia
Beach guide
The best beaches of Cagliari and Villasimius: 2026 guide and today's sea
From the Poetto to the Capo Carbonara coves: the most beautiful public beaches of southeastern Sardinia, with the right tip for every wind and today's sea state.
Sicily
Beach guide
The best beaches in San Vito Lo Capo and Scopello: guide and today's sea
From the white sand of San Vito to the coves of the Zingaro Nature Reserve and the sea stacks of Scopello, each with up-to-date sea conditions so you can choose where to go today.
Sicily
Beach guide
The most beautiful beaches in Cefalù: 2026 guide and today's sea
From the seafront beneath the Rocca to the sheltered coves of the Porto Vecchio and Mazzaforno, and the windy sands of Capo Playa, each with up-to-date sea conditions.
Sicily
Beach guide
The best beaches in Taormina and Isola Bella: guide and today's sea
From Isola Bella to the sheltered bay of Mazzarò, and on to Letojanni and Giardini Naxos, each with up-to-date sea conditions so you can choose where to go today.
Sicily
Beach guide
The best beaches between Siracusa and Vendicari: guide and today's sea
From the cliffs of the Plemmirio Marine Area to the sands of Fontane Bianche and the Vendicari Reserve, with Calamosche and the Tonnara, each with up-to-date sea conditions.
Tuscany
Beach guide
The best beaches of the Argentario and Maremma: guide and today's sea
The pebble coves of Monte Argentario, the sandy tombolos of Feniglia and Giannella and the beaches of the Maremma parks, each with up-to-date sea conditions, so you can choose where to go today.
Tuscany
Beach guide
The best beaches on the island of Elba: 2026 guide and today's sea
From the golden sand of Fetovaia and Cavoli in the south to the white pebbles of Sansone and Capo Bianco in the north, the guide to Elba's beaches with up-to-date sea conditions, so you can choose where to go today.
Tuscany
Beach guide
Versilia beaches from Forte dei Marmi to Viareggio: today's sea
Versilia's fine-sand coast, between historic beach clubs, free beaches and protected pinewoods from Forte dei Marmi to Viareggio, each with up-to-date sea conditions, so you can choose where to go today.