Livorno Calafuria · 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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Livorno Calafuria — solo, off the rocks

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caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site · the sea hasn't settled after the swell

wave 0.9 mwind 7 km/hsurge pounding the rocksvisibility ~3 m

today, best window 06:00–09:00

fish · Visibility 3 m · Water 22°C

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Sunday · today2026-10-25

06:44–17:19 · full moon

▼ 01:00▲ 07:00▼ 13:00▲ 19:00 · 0.4 m

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Day's trends

Tide-0.48 m

Wave1.46 m

Wind4 km/h

Water22 °C

fish activity: moonset 05:50 · moderate · moon underfoot 11:10 · high · moonrise 16:37 · moderate · moon overhead 23:50 · high

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

Hs 0.90 m · roughperiod 5.4 swind 7→10surge 4.3viz 3 m

0.90 mrough · up to ~1.80 · 251° at an angle

5.4 sswell moderate

7→10gusts 10 km/h

4.3pounding the rocks

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3 mrecent swell

22°C5 mm + hood

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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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Baia del RogioloLivorno Calafuria

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Castel Sonnino / QuercianellaLivorno Calafuria

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window: With Scirocco in the forecast the useful window shortens by itself, long before sunset. DPR 1639/1968 dates from 1968 and is still the reference text: it is not a historical detail. At Livorno Calafuria in summer the bathing strip changes the usable distances completely. The last stretch, the 570 m out to ten metres of water, is the one you will swim tired: put it in the day's arithmetic.
tide: At Livorno Calafuria the tidal cycle shows in the thread of current and not in the level of the water. The only range you notice is the one the wind pushes, not the astronomical one. Water pushing you towards the southeast, that is towards the open sea, is the signal to come out. A surge pushed by Scirocco can raise the level more than the tide itself.
shelter: In Levante or Ostro the swell arrives across and you can still work by staying tight to the rock. There is no general shelter here: there is a flank that holds in Scirocco and one that does not, and they swap as the sea turns. At Livorno Calafuria the old rule holds: watch the sea for ten minutes, then decide. The strip between the shore and the 5 m contour, about 110 m here, is the first to churn and the last to clear.
conditions: The bottom here is measured and not narrated: the contours come from the EMODnet survey. On a medium slope the murky inshore strip usually ends well before 550 m. The best water nearly always arrives from offshore on a light Maestrale. At Livorno Calafuria it pays to come out feeling you stopped early.
hazard: The 500 m from used beaches starts at the water's edge, which is 20 m from here: in summer it is the first calculation to make. In Scirocco the point becomes the worst place on this coast to get out of the water. Better to come back empty-handed than not to come back on time. Do not trust a wet handhold: rock with weed under it is ice.
access: In Scirocco the only workable entry is the one on the opposite flank of the point. The distance from the shore, 20 m, is minimal: the limit is set by the sea and not by the route. The last metre before the water is the one where people get hurt. Respect private accesses and local prohibitions: they are the reason the stretch is still open.

Headland with low reef; W/SW open to the Libeccio, don't head out to the Meloria MPA.

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Punta CombaraLivorno Calafuria

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Punta del CasottoLivorno Calafuria

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Romito / SP1Livorno Calafuria

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window: Recreational catch may not be sold, in any quantity. On a shore oriented at 179° the usable light ends before the legal hour, which stays the hour of the sun. In doubt, ask the local Capitaneria beforehand and not afterwards. At Livorno Calafuria a short legal window beats a long questionable one.
tide: The level counts for little here: what counts is how much sea has gone through in the days before. The tables, if anything, explain an odd current at the end of the day. The ten-metre line, 380 m offshore, does not move with the level: it moves with the swell. At Livorno Calafuria the tide calendar is no substitute for reading the sea.
shelter: Around an islet the shelter changes every twenty metres: you work your way round until the water leans on the rock instead of bouncing off it. The coast here runs E–W and opens to the south: that is what decides which forecast to read. Dead swell from the south arrives under a clear sky and no wind at all. With wind from the south building, the window shuts fast: plan the way back with margin.
conditions: The step is short: 380 m for ten metres, 290 m for twenty, and from there the bottom keeps going. If you cannot see the bottom 230 m out, the day is over before it starts. At Livorno Calafuria the good days are few and have to be taken when they come. In Ostro the suspension stays inshore; in Tramontana it is gone in half a day.
hazard: The marker has to follow you even when you are working 380 m from the shore: 50 m from the vertical below it is the legal maximum. Over the cap of a shoal the water stands up and the ascent can put you in the middle of a breaker. At 30 m from the shore no emergency sorts itself out: come out at the first sign. At Livorno Calafuria the conditions change faster than the forecast does.
access: In Ostro the crossing out to the shoal is worth thinking about twice, because on the way back you will have it against you. The mark is right against the shore, 30 m from the coastline, and ten metres of water is about 380 m out. Count the 230 m that separate you from the five-metre contour: they are the measure of the way back. At Livorno Calafuria the accesses change with the bathing season.

Long low rocky shore, many entries, slippery; works in calm or with easterly wind.

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Scoglio della BallerinaLivorno Calafuria

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Torre di CalafuriaLivorno Calafuria

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window: The framework is national: in Italy the basic rules hold from Ventimiglia to Trieste. With ten metres of water 480 m from the shore, the band where you meet the local orders is all of it right here. With Ponente forecast to strengthen it pays to go earlier rather than to stay longer. Note the hour you will come out before you get in: from 140 m of shore the way back always looks shorter than it is.
tide: Swell from the west moves more water in ten minutes than the tide moves in six hours. Between the shore and five metres of water there are 460 m, and no tide shifts that line appreciably. If the current takes you past the 480 m of the ten-metre line, head straight back for land. In a hard Ponente the water piles up inshore and drains away sideways.
shelter: The head of the cove is the most protected part and the murkiest one at the same time, and you almost always choose between the two. The shore in front of the mark faces west, about 278°, so everything arriving from that sector gets in unobstructed. A metre of long swell from the west is worth more than two metres of short chop raised inshore. With Ponente building, shorten the session instead of lengthening the route.
conditions: With twenty metres at 590 m from the shore the session is organised in bands rather than in points. With 75 m reached about 6000 m out, the limit of the day is set by your breath and not by the distance. With Ponente strengthening, the good window closes without warning. At Livorno Calafuria the inshore current shifts the murk within hours: waiting sometimes works better than moving.
hazard: In an inlet the murky water hides the bottom and whatever has ended up on it. On the shoreline at Livorno Calafuria the same national rules apply without discounts: breath-hold, daylight, marker in sight. Keep in mind the 140 m that separate you from the coast when you decide on the last descent. With Ponente strengthening the margin is spent without your noticing.
access: In the bay you pick the sheltered side to get in and the same side to get out. The opening 140 m transit is already part of the session: count the breath it costs. From the entry point to the shore there are 140 m, and they are the metres that weigh most on the return. At Livorno Calafuria the best place is the one you can leave without hurrying.

Sandstone slabs, easy entry, reef and boulders; sea bream, sea bass, leerfish.

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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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 Livorno Calafuria

Where can I spearfish in Livorno Calafuria?

Livorno Calafuria has rock entry points such as Torre di Calafuria, Romito / SP1 and Castel Sonnino / Quercianella. Sandstone slabs and low reef along the Calafuria road, with many entries over slippery rock. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.

When is the best season in Livorno Calafuria?

A long season from May to October, peaking in summer. On Elba and the islands visibility is excellent on calm days; on the mainland it's the small-sea, offshore-wind window that counts.

How cold is the water in Livorno Calafuria?

~13–26 °C depending on season, a touch warmer at the islands. A 3 mm suit in summer, 5 mm in the shoulder months. On Elba the water is clear and deep right below the rock.

Is Livorno Calafuria good for a beginner?

Intermediate and up: the Argentario rock and the islands drop into depth, with little shallow shelf. Apnea comfort and picking a calm day help. Buoy always.

Do I need a licence in Livorno Calafuria?

No — in Livorno Calafuria 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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Look at the water
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What's in season,
what the law says.