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wave 1 m
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Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.

Sources: MeteoAlarm · buoys · Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2 — high confidence · data 03:51

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The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.

How we score the water

Our own model

Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.

01
Swell & wave memory
Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
02
Wind & gusts
Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
03
Tide phase
Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
04
Water temperature
Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
05
Currents & outflow
Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
06
Rain runoff & air clarity
Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
07
Coast shape & exposure
How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

Safety gates

  • Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
  • An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
  • Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
  • Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
  • Night hours — where night spearfishing is banned by law the window is forced red; where it is legal (Australia outside NSW, New Zealand, South Africa) it is capped at yellow, never green.

It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.

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Bari — solo, off the rocks
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caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site · wave 1.0 m + hitting the shore
wave 1 mwind 18, gusts 30 km/hvisibility ~3 mwindow 06:00–12:00
today, best window 06:00–09:00
fish · Visibility 3 m · Water 21.3°C
confidence medium · verdict for the selected day
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Sunday · today2026-10-25
07:15–17:57 · full moon
▲ 03:00▼ 10:00▲ 15:00▼ 21:00 · 0.4 m
Hours (06→20)
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Day's trends
Tide-0.54 m
Wave0.68 m
Wind10 km/h
Water21 °C
fish activity: moonset 06:19 · moderate · moon underfoot 11:50 · high · moonrise 17:15 · moderate · moon overhead 00:00 · high
Conditions window06:00–09:00
caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site fish
Hs 0.96 m · roughperiod 4.1 swind 18→30surge 1.1viz 3 m
0.96 mrough · up to ~1.92 · 351° at an angle
4.1 sswell moderate
18→30gusts 30 km/h
1.1weak surge
0.14m/s
3 mrecent swell
21.3°C5 mm + hood
▼10:00tide falling
Atmosphere29 kmlandmarks visible
moderatemoonset
  • wave 1.0 m + hitting the shore
  • steep wind-wave — choppy surface, careful on entry
  • dawn/dusk
confidence mediumtwilight
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Relief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.

On the rock

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The call is on the rock.

The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.

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Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.

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Cala Settanni — Cala FioreBari
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)
window
In doubt, the order in force at Bari is asked of the Capitaneria and not of the neighbour in the car park. On a shore oriented at 115° the usable light ends before the legal hour, which stays the hour of the sun. Carrying your papers costs nothing and settles everything.
tide
Even at springs the band out to five metres stays 980 m wide. If anything changes the level at Bari, it is pressure and wind, not the moon. If you go into a channel, go in against the current and come back with it.
shelter
The coast here runs E–W and opens to the southeast: that is what decides which forecast to read. In a bay like this the shelter is a few tens of metres wide, tucked against the windward point rather than in the middle of the arc, and in a hard Scirocco not even that. At Bari the old rule holds: watch the sea for ten minutes, then decide. Dead swell from the southeast arrives under a clear sky and no wind at all.
conditions
The bottom here is measured and not narrated: the contours come from the EMODnet survey. The ground is long: the 20 m contour sits about 1700 m from the shore and the 10 m contour 1100 m.
hazard
On the shoreline at Bari the same national rules apply without discounts: breath-hold, daylight, marker in sight. In a cove the risk is the false calm: from inside you cannot see that the sea outside has built. With Scirocco building, the window shuts sooner than the forecast says.
access
In the bay you pick the sheltered side to get in and the same side to get out. Fix a landmark ashore in your head: from out there the coast changes face.

The two small coves just south-east of the Torre a Mare harbour: low slabs, cobbles and posidonia twenty metres out, usually 2–8 m. Entry down the path at the end of Via dei Trulli. Honest, readable ground — the right choice when the tramontana shuts the northern stretch.

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Cozze — CalarenaBari
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)
window
At Bari it is worth losing ten minutes to check the local order rather than arguing about it later. DPR 1639/1968 dates from 1968 and is still the reference text: it is not a historical detail. With Levante forecast to strengthen it pays to go earlier rather than to stay longer. Keeping to the hours is also the simplest way of having no trouble.
tide
The typical range on this stretch is between twenty and forty centimetres: it opens no passages and closes none. It is worth telling a real tide from a wind surge: the second one shows, the first almost never does. A surge pushed by Levante can raise the level more than the tide itself.
shelter
The bay works like a funnel: with the swell in the mouth the water inside dirties, and it stays dirty after the wind has dropped. You are in the lee in Ponente; the moment the wind goes east, the water under the shore dirties. With leftover swell the surface lies: watch the sets from land for a couple of minutes before deciding. Before getting in, look at where you will come out if the wind turns: the exit is not always the entry.
conditions
In poor clarity at Bari it pays to work short and close to the bottom instead of heading out. The slope is regular: ten metres about 360 m out, twenty at 1200 m. On doubtful days get in short and extend only if the water holds. If you cannot see the bottom, you do not know what is over your head on the way up.
hazard
Five hundred metres from used beaches: in summer it is the prohibition you run into most often. In an inlet the murky water hides the bottom and whatever has ended up on it. Hurrying at the exit is the commonest cause of injuries on the rock. At Bari the conditions change faster than the forecast does.
access
In the bay you pick the sheltered side to get in and the same side to get out. Get in where you get out: the symmetry is the safest thing about it.

Low rocky cove in the Cozze hamlet, 23 km south-east of Bari: slabs, cobbles and the posidonia edge, generally 2–8 m. Less worked than the city coast.

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Mola di Bari — Lungomare DalmaziaBari
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)
window
Breathing apparatus is prohibited: you go down on breath-hold and nothing else. At Bari the bathing season changes the usable distances far more than the sea ever does. A check takes two minutes to settle if your declaration is in order.
tide
In a hard Levante the level rises more than any spring tide manages. On this coast the tide stays in the centimetres and generates no flow, neither useful nor troublesome. With current and poor clarity together, better to postpone.
shelter
The shore in front of the mark faces east, about 86°, so everything arriving from that sector gets in unobstructed. An inlet closed between two points holds while the sea arrives across it; head on, it does not hold at all. Safety here is decided by the swell and not by the depth. At Bari the swell forecast matters more than the wind forecast on this stretch.
conditions
Look at the colour before you go down: full green is workable, milky brown is not. The ground is long: the 20 m contour sits about 1300 m from the shore and the 10 m contour 300 m. Better two hours in the right water than six in the wrong one.
hazard
The mouth of the bay is where the swell concentrates and where getting back becomes difficult. Under sixteen you do not handle a speargun: the rule is national. The surface marker is not there for you: it is there for whoever is coming. The safety rules hold on the easy days too.
access
The entry off the beach is the most comfortable and the murkiest: it pays to cross the dirty band straight away. Look at the exit point before getting in: from inside everything looks the same. At Bari the best place is the one you can leave without hurrying.

Low limestone shelf 19 km from Bari: steps, sand pockets and thin posidonia, usually 2–9 m. Entry anywhere off the seafront; the harbour stays to the north-west.

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San GiorgioBari
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exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)
window
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Low rock ledge off the San Giorgio lido, mixed rock and sand, an easy bottom down to 8-10 m. Shore entry; in summer the beach is full, so get in well away from the swimmers. With a NE wind the water turns milky.

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Santo SpiritoBari
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)
window
The orders of the Capitaneria responsible for Bari can add seasonal prohibitions, and they outrank the general rule. Plan the way back while the light is still good: coming out over rock in the dark is another thing entirely.
tide
At Bari nobody plans an outing around the tide, and they are right not to. In practice the tide does not enter the decision here: the wind of the last few hours does.
shelter
Over the cap of a shoal the swell stands up before it reaches the shore: what looks flat from land can break over the top. The opening to the northwest is wide: no nearby storm is needed here, an old sea from that sector is enough. If the sea builds while you are in, come out earlier than feels necessary.
conditions
The slope is regular: ten metres about 390 m out, twenty at 880 m. The good day here is not made by the depth but by the water: if you can see, you can work in five metres. With Maestrale strengthening, the good window closes without warning. With the sun high the rock reads; under cloud you have to work closer.
hazard
The marker has to follow you wherever you work: 50 m from the vertical below it is the legal maximum. In Maestrale the passage between the shoal and the coast becomes the most dangerous part of the route. Blackout gives no warning, and the margins shrink when you are tired.
access
The crossing out to the structure is the exposed part of the day. With Maestrale strengthening the exit is brought forward, not discussed. At Bari many accesses cross private property: if it is signed, look for another one.

The old fishing village north of Bari: the reef outside the mole, flat rock and boulder fall over sand, generally 2–7 m. Octopus and sea bream year-round, cuttlefish in spring.

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Scogliera di San GirolamoBari
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)
window
The 500 m from used beaches is measured from the water's edge: in bathing season do the arithmetic before getting in. With Tramontana in the forecast the useful window shortens by itself, long before sunset. The rules change from one municipality to the next more than you would think. At Bari in summer the bathing strip changes the usable distances completely.
tide
With a range that small the entry rock sits at the same level at any hour. The level barely moves: the 10 m contour stays 680 m from the shore at any hour of the day. At Bari the sea tells you the time better than any table. The ten-metre line, 680 m offshore, does not move with the level: it moves with the swell.
shelter
With an exposure of 345° the awkward sector runs from northwest to northeast, and outside it the day is usually saved. In Tramontana the detached rocks break the swell but hand it back confused, and that crossed sea tires you more than a clean wave. At Bari whoever gets in first checks, whoever gets in out of habit is trusting yesterday. A metre of long swell from the north is worth more than two metres of short chop raised inshore.
conditions
The ground is long: the 20 m contour sits about 1500 m from the shore and the 10 m contour 680 m. At Bari it pays to come out feeling you stopped early.
hazard
The 500 m from used beaches starts at the water's edge: in summer it is the first calculation to make. The danger of an isolated rock is the distance from land, not the depth. With Tramontana strengthening the margin is spent without your noticing. At Bari floating lines are seen late: keep an eye above you as well.
access
In Tramontana the crossing out to the shoal is worth thinking about twice, because on the way back you will have it against you. At Bari the return is planned on the afternoon swell, not on the morning one. If an access is closed, that is not an invitation to go through anyway.

The urban reef north of the port, below the San Girolamo seafront: armour boulders over sand and low rock, generally 1–6 m. Sea bream, octopus and mullet among the blocks. The water dirties fast with a north-easterly.

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Torre QuettaBari
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)
window
At Bari as anywhere else, the hours of the session are the hours of the sun. If a stretch is closed, it is closed: there is no local version of the rule. A shore oriented at 21° loses the sun before sunset: take it into account for the last descent.
tide
Swell from the north moves more water in ten minutes than the tide moves in six hours. Between the shore and five metres of water there are 520 m, and no tide shifts that line appreciably. At Bari the tide calendar is no substitute for reading the sea. If the water carries you along the coast, come back inside the rock line.
shelter
The exposure measured on the coastline is 21°, that is full north: in Tramontana there is no shelter here, in Ostro the water flattens. In a cove only what comes through the mouth counts: if the mouth is looking at today's sea, no shelter inside will hold. With the wind from the south at your back you can work; with the swell from the north in your face you look and go home.
conditions
The good day here is not made by the depth but by the water: if you can see, you can work in five metres. The ground is long: the 20 m contour sits about 1500 m from the shore and the 10 m contour 600 m. Judge the colour from above before you get wet: from inside you lose the comparison. The ascent is looked at before the descent.
hazard
Coves also collect what the sea brings: lost nets and lines on the bottom. At Bari, as along the whole Italian coast, the surface marker and the 50 m radius are not negotiable. If you are alone, halve everything: depth, times and distance from shore.
access
In a cove you normally get in off the low shore at the head of the bay, where the water is calmer. At Bari the accesses change with the bathing season. In a hard Tramontana the windward exit becomes unusable: check an alternative.

The city beach south of the port, with rock ridges and blocks at both ends of the sand, usually 1–5 m. A very convenient entry, but it is a bathing beach: in summer keep your distance and work at dawn. The port is immediately north — do not drift up.

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Torre a MareBari
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)
window
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Just outside the small harbour of Torre a Mare, some 380 m north of the tower: slabs, boulders and posidonia below 4-5 m. Entry from the rocks north of the mole, clear of the mouth. Sea bream and octopus; boat traffic in summer, float mandatory.

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What's in season,
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In season now
  • European seabass
    <4 m · — · dawn/dusk
    min. 25 cm · legal target
  • Gilthead seabream
    1–4 m · over sand/weed · dawn
    min. 20 cm · legal target
  • White seabream
    1–5 m · in the surf on the reef · dawn
    min. 23 cm · legal target
  • Two-banded seabream
    1–8 m · — · dawn
    min. 18 cm · legal target
  • Sharpsnout seabream
    2–10 m · — · dawn
    min. 18 cm · legal target
  • Annular seabream
    0–5 m · — · daytime
    min. 12 cm · legal target
  • Common dentex
    min. 15 cm · Sardinia 30 cm · legal target
  • Red porgy
    min. 18 cm · legal target
  • Common pandora
    min. 18 cm · Sardinia 20 cm · legal target
  • Axillary seabream
    min. 15 cm · Sardinia 18 cm · legal target
  • Blackspot seabream
    min. 33 cm · legal target
  • Striped seabream
    0–5 m · — · dawn
    min. 20 cm · legal target
  • Black seabream
    2–6 m · — · —
    min. 15 cm · legal target
  • Bogue
    min. 15 cm · legal target
  • Salema
    0–2 m · — · daytime
    min. 15 cm · legal target
  • Dusky grouper
    5–40 m · — · daytime
    min. 45 cm · RESTRICTED · max 1 grouper/day; BANNED in Sardegna & MPAs
  • Wreckfish
    min. 45 cm · RESTRICTED · max 1 grouper/day; BANNED in Sardegna & MPAs
  • Brown meagre
    2–15 m · — · twilight
    min. 20 cm · RESTRICTED · protected in several MPAs · (verify against the norm in force)
  • Greater amberjack
    min. 15 cm · Sardinia 60 cm · legal target · (verify against the norm in force)
  • Leerfish
    min. 15 cm · Sardinia 60 cm · legal target
  • Grey mullet
    0–2 m · — · —
    min. 20 cm · Sardinia 25 cm · legal target
  • Red scorpionfish
    3–20 m · — · daytime
    min. 15 cm · legal target
  • Moray eel
    1–15 m · — · twilight
    min. 25 cm · Sardinia 60 cm · legal target
  • European conger
    2–25 m · — · night
    min. 25 cm · Sardinia 50 cm · legal target
  • Wrasse
    min. 15 cm · legal target
  • Red mullet
    min. 11 cm · legal target
  • Atlantic bonito
    min. 25 cm · legal target
  • Common octopus
    1–6 m · — · twilight
    min. 450 g · legal target
  • Cuttlefish
    legal target · (verify against the norm in force)
Law
  • ✓NO paid licence, but a free MASAF REGISTRATION is mandatory (recreational sea-fishing declaration, online via SIAN/SPID, annual) — it is not a «licence».
  • ✓Free-diving only: scuba/rebreather/hookah BANNED (art. 128-bis DPR 1639/68). The 16+ rule comes from a different act — D.Lgs 4/2012, art. 6 c. 5; handing a speargun to an under-16 is an offence (art. 13-octies c. 3 b, as replaced by L. 75/2026).
  • ✓Night prohibited: spearfishing only from dawn to sunset (art. 129e DPR 1639/68).
  • ✓Distances (art. 129 DPR 1639/68): ≥500 m from beaches with bathers; ≥100 m from fixed gear/set nets and from vessels anchored outside ports.
  • ✓Buoy MANDATORY (art. 130 DPR 1639/68): float with a red flag bearing a white diagonal stripe, visible ≥300 m; the diver stays within 50 m of the buoy/support boat.
  • ✓The speargun may not be kept armed out of the water (art. 131 DPR 1639/68) — load only when submerged.
  • ✓The spearfisher may NOT gather corals, crustaceans or molluscs — the second paragraph of the same article (art. 128-bis DPR 1639/68; the same rule in D.M. 249/1987, art. 2). BUT cephalopods are EXCLUDED: octopus, cuttlefish and squid may be taken — the exception is kept in terms by the official guidance (circolare 6227201 of 23.07.1987). Mussels — up to 3 kg per person per day, but only with the Capo del Compartimento Marittimo's authorisation. The 5 kg daily cap counts EVERYTHING taken that day (D.Lgs 4/2012, art. 13-octies c. 4, as replaced by L. 75/2026).
  • ✓You MAY carry a speargun and a breathing apparatus on the same boat — but at most ONE cylinder of up to 10 L per vessel, and using it to fish is prohibited (art. 128-ter DPR 1639/68). While you are down, at least one person must stay aboard ready to intervene, and there must be a rope long enough to recover the diver.
  • ✓Sale of recreational catch is PROHIBITED (EU control regime, Reg. CE 1224/2009).
  • ✓The 5 kg/person daily cap IS in force and carries a fine: €500–3 000 up to 10 kg, €2 000–12 000 up to 50 kg, €12 000–50 000 above (D.Lgs 4/2012, art. 13-octies c. 4, as replaced by Law 21 Apr 2026 no. 75). Exception: a single fish heavier than 5 kg. Recovery-plan species and bluefin tuna: +1/3 (c. 5).
  • ⛔ Date mussels (Lithophaga lithophaga) — TOTAL BAN: fishing, possession, transport, sale (D.M. 16/10/1998; EU-protected). Never touch.
Safety protocol
  • Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
  • Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
  • Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
  • Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
  • Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
  • Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
  • UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
  • Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

FAQ — spearfishing in Bari

Where can I spearfish in Bari?

Bari has rock entry points such as Torre a Mare, San Giorgio and Cala Settanni — Cala Fiore. Low limestone coast around the city: slabs, boulders and posidonia below 4–5 m at Torre a Mare, flat reef at Santo Spirito, coves at Cozze. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.

When is the best season in Bari?

A long season on the Gargano and in the Salento, with often crystal-clear turquoise water (Mattinata, Otranto, Leuca). The Adriatic Salento opens with a westerly, the Ionian one with an easterly — there's almost always a side that works.

How cold is the water in Bari?

Warm: ~14–27 °C. A 3 mm suit in summer, 5 mm in the shoulder months. The white cliffs of the Gargano and the Salento give clear turquoise water, with quick drop-offs.

Is Bari good for a beginner?

Intermediate: cliffs dropping into depth and very clear water (Otranto, Castro, Leuca). The Salento is exposed to opposite wind arcs — pick the day's sheltered side. Mind the set nets near the rock. Buoy always.

Do I need a licence in Bari?

No — in Bari there is no paid licence; a free MASAF declaration is mandatory (the recreational sea-fishing communication, online via SIAN/SPID, renewed each year), which is not a «licence». Breath-hold only (no scuba), with a marker buoy and no selling the catch. See the guide.

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  • ⛔ Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio / naccarii) — capture BANNED (D.M. 3/5/89, D.M. 11/6/07).
  • ⛔ Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) — 45 cm, max 1 grouper/day (art.142 D.P.R.1639/68, amended by L.154/2016); fully BANNED in Sardegna & ALL .
  • ⛔ Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) — MASAF RecFishing authorization only: season 16 Jun–14 Oct, 1 fish/outing, min 30 kg / 115 cm.
  • ⛔ Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) — min 100 cm; seasonal closures, RecFishing declaration required.

    • Rules change. Before heading out, check with MASAF (registration) and the Guardia Costiera / Capitaneria di Porto; Sicily and Sardegna add regional tightening.

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