Lerici-Tellaro · Italy

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Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and surge pounding.

Sources: MeteoAlarm · buoys · Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2 — high confidence · data 03:45

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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.
Wind & gusts: Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
Tide phase: Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
Water temperature: Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
Currents & outflow: Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
Rain runoff & air clarity: Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
Coast shape & exposure: How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

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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.

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Lerici-Tellaro — solo, off the rocks

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wave 1 mwind 8 km/hsurge pounding the rocksvisibility ~3 m

today, best window 06:00–09:00

fish · Visibility 3 m · Water 22.2°C

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Sunday · today2026-10-25

06:47–17:20 · full moon

▼ 02:00▲ 08:00▼ 13:00▲ 19:00 · 0.3 m

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Day's trends

Tide-0.48 m

Wave1.20 m

Wind9 km/h

Water22 °C

fish activity: moonset 05:52 · moderate · moon underfoot 11:20 · high · moonrise 16:38 · moderate · moon overhead 23:50 · high

Conditions window06:00–09:00

caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site fish

Hs 0.98 m · roughperiod 5.8 swind 8→16surge 5.1viz 3 m

0.98 mrough · up to ~1.96 · 235° at an angle

5.8 sswell moderate

8→16gusts 16 km/h

5.1pounding the rocks

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3 mrecent swell

22.2°C5 mm + hood

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Fiascherino / StelliniLerici-Tellaro

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exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)

window: With Grecale in the forecast the useful window shortens by itself, long before sunset. From sunset to sunrise spearfishing is prohibited (DPR 1639/1968, art. 129): the window is entirely a daytime one. Under a high coast the light goes before the clock says it should. At Lerici-Tellaro it is better to know the prohibition than to discover it from a fine.
tide: It is worth telling a real tide from a wind surge: the second one shows, the first almost never does. There is no tidal window to wait for: you get in when the sea allows it. In a hard Grecale the water piles up inshore and drains away sideways. If you feel current, work out the way back before going any further.
shelter: On a straight stretch everything that enters the sector arrives unfiltered, and the sea can be read from land in two minutes. The open sea lies to the northeast: in Grecale the swell works straight onto the entry, while from the southwest you stay in the lee of the land. At Lerici-Tellaro the swell forecast matters more than the wind forecast on this stretch. Alone it counts double: no shelter is worth an uncertain way back.
conditions: On flat, shallow ground it is the structure that counts and not the depth. The first stretch is nearly always the worst: you cross it and judge afterwards. At Lerici-Tellaro the good days are few and have to be taken when they come. By 680 m from the shore you already know whether it is worth going on.
hazard: The law asks for the marker in sight and a maximum radius of 50 m: it is also the only thing that makes you visible to anyone under way. On a straight coast the alongshore current moves you without your noticing. With Grecale strengthening the margin is spent without your noticing. The way back from 680 m out is longer than it looks once you are tired.
access: On a straight stretch the entry is not a point but a choice among many. The mark sits about 10 m from the coastline: the useful water starts practically under the shore. At Lerici-Tellaro the return is planned on the afternoon swell, not on the morning one. An access that is comfortable in a flat sea can be unusable half an hour later.

Archipelago of spurs, 'Le Nere' holes; sheltered by hills to the E, open to Libeccio/Sirocco.

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Punta BiancaLerici-Tellaro

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exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)

window: At Lerici-Tellaro it is worth losing ten minutes to check the local order rather than arguing about it later. Recreational catch may not be sold, in any quantity. A shore oriented at 232° loses the sun before sunset: take it into account for the last descent. The last stretch, the 780 m out to ten metres of water, is the one you will swim tired: put it in the day's arithmetic.
tide: Swell from the southwest moves more water in ten minutes than the tide moves in six hours. At Lerici-Tellaro nobody plans an outing around the tide, and they are right not to. The way back, 580 m to the five-metre band, is decided beforehand and not on the way. With the shore 30 m from the mark, the alongshore current counts for more than any table.
shelter: A headland gathers sea from a wide sector, so yesterday's swell counts for as much as today's wind from southwest. With an exposure of 232° the awkward sector runs from south to west, and outside it the day is usually saved. The strip between the shore and the 5 m contour, about 580 m here, is the first to churn and the last to clear. With wind from the southwest building, the window shuts fast: plan the way back with margin.
conditions: The survey puts ten metres about 780 m from the shore and nothing deeper anywhere nearby. In poor clarity at Lerici-Tellaro it pays to work short and close to the bottom instead of heading out. Past 780 m from the shore it is the water that decides the day and not the willingness. In Libeccio the suspension stays inshore; in Grecale it is gone in half a day.
hazard: On a headland the risk is not the depth but the swell that comes round the corner without warning. At Lerici-Tellaro, as along the whole Italian coast, the surface marker and the 50 m radius are not negotiable. With Libeccio building, the window shuts sooner than the forecast says. With 580 m out to five metres, the exit is short only if you decide on it in time.
access: The entry is immediate: 30 m from the coast, measured on the OSM line. At Lerici-Tellaro the point is reached on foot, and the long part of the day is the part out of the water. If you do not fancy swimming the 780 m back from ten metres of water, do not go any further out. In a hard Libeccio the windward exit becomes unusable: check an alternative.

White cliff under the surface, walls and boulders; sea bream, dentex, sea bass. The area's best.

Punta Corvo / CorvaccinoLerici-Tellaro

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exposed head-on to the swell today (city-level)

window: The 500 m from used beaches is measured from the water's edge, and here the shore is 40 m from the mark: in bathing season do the arithmetic before getting in. The useful day is the one where permission, light and sea fall in the same window. The rules do not take days away: they take arguments away. At Lerici-Tellaro a short legal window beats a long questionable one.
tide: In a hard Ostro the level rises more than any spring tide manages. At Lerici-Tellaro the tidal cycle shows in the thread of current and not in the level of the water. The ten-metre line, 600 m offshore, does not move with the level: it moves with the swell. Water pushing you towards the south, that is towards the open sea, is the signal to come out.
shelter: Gusts from the north ruffle the surface but raise no swell: it is the fetch towards the south that counts. On the point at Lerici-Tellaro it is the flank that gives you the shelter, not the general lie of the coast. With Ostro building, shorten the session instead of lengthening the route. In a moving sea it pays to shift behind the first usable rock instead of insisting on the entry.
conditions: The outside water arrives when the wind from the north pushes it in; with an old sea it stays offshore for days. On ground this flat the wind does more damage than the swell, because it stirs the whole layer. On doubtful days get in short and extend only if the water holds. With Ostro strengthening, the good window closes without warning.
hazard: In Ostro the point becomes the worst place on this coast to get out of the water. The marker has to follow you even when you are working 600 m from the shore: 50 m from the vertical below it is the legal maximum. Cramp comes at the worst moment: come out before you need to. At Lerici-Tellaro the real risk is not the depth: it is the combination of tiredness and swell.
access: From here to the 5 m contour is about 420 m, and it pays to measure them on the way out so as not to find them long on the way back. In Ostro the only workable entry is the one on the opposite flank of the point. Park where it is allowed: a towed car ruins more than the day. Count the 420 m that separate you from the five-metre contour: they are the measure of the way back.

Spurs and underwater canyons; exposed to the Libeccio, workable with a flat sea.

Punta della MariellaLerici-Tellaro

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Punta della ZinguellaLerici-Tellaro

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Scoglio CorvaccinoLerici-Tellaro

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SOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.

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Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».

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What's in season,
what the law says.

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 Lerici-Tellaro

Where can I spearfish in Lerici-Tellaro?

Lerici-Tellaro has rock entry points such as Punta Bianca, Punta Corvo / Corvaccino and Fiascherino / Stellini. The best rock of the La Spezia gulf: the white cliff of Punta Bianca with walls and boulders, spurs and underwater canyons at Punta Corvo, holes among the Fiascherino spurs. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.

When is the best season in Lerici-Tellaro?

A Mediterranean season from late spring to autumn, peaking in summer. It opens when the SW libeccio eases and the water clears; morning or an offshore wind is the best moment.

How cold is the water in Lerici-Tellaro?

Mediterranean: ~13 °C in winter up to ~24–25 °C in summer. A 3 mm suit in high summer, 5 mm in spring and autumn; the thermocline can leave the bottom colder.

Is Lerici-Tellaro good for a beginner?

Intermediate: rock and cliffs with quick drop-offs, often deep close in. On calm days it's approachable in the sheltered corners; with libeccio it's for the experienced. Buoy always.

Do I need a licence in Lerici-Tellaro?

No — in Lerici-Tellaro 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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