The Spur of Italy boasts the most spectacular coastline on the Adriatic: sheer limestone cliffs, sea stacks and coves set into the rock. It is also the most exposed stretch, so here it always pays to check today's sea before you set off.
- Pugnochiusoflat sea · water 26 °C
- Vignanoticaflat sea · water 26 °C
- Torre Pugnochiusoflat sea · water 26 °C
- Cala di pietraflat sea · water 26 °C
- Cala della Pergolaflat sea · water 26 °C
- Portogrecoflat sea · water 26 °C
- Portopiattoflat sea · water 26 °C
- Torre Portogrecoflat sea · water 26 °C
- Baia di Campiflat sea · water 26 °C
- Cala della Sanguinaraflat sea · water 26 °C
- Baia dei Mergoli o delle Zagareflat sea · water 26 °C
- Baia dei Mergoli o delle Zagare - Nordflat sea · water 26 °C
The Gargano coast
Between Mattinata and Vieste lie famous bays such as Vignanotica, with its white shingle beneath the cliff, and the Baia delle Zagare, with its two sea stacks just offshore. Many coves can be reached only by boat or down long flights of steps: stunning, but with deep water right off the shore, better suited to swimming and diving than to shallow paddling.
When the sea is calm in Gargano
The promontory juts out into the Adriatic and offers several sides facing in different directions: with sirocco (from the south-east) or tramontana (the north wind) the sea quickly builds up on the seaward-facing sides, while the offshore winds blowing off the land — maestrale (mistral) and ponente (the west wind) — flatten the sheltered bays, often those on the Mattinata side. Early in the morning, before the breeze picks up, is usually the calmest moment.
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The data is updated every 3 hours from Open-Meteo forecasts. The forecast is at the level of a coastal stretch (~5 km) and does not replace the orders of the Harbour Master's Office. To understand the figures, read the sea guide.