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Today at Il Porticciolo Beach: Excellent for kite surfing — 86/100 for expert level. Wind 19 kn SE · Waves 2.0 m, 5 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 13:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Il Porticciolo Beach: 0.8m waves with strong offshore wind. Wing Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 23°C / 73°F.
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Il Porticciolo Beach faces W, open to the prevailing westerlies, so the wind arrives off the water rather than filtered through the land — the clean, steady flow kite surfing wants, and the reason gusts here are sea breezes rather than land turbulence.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 19 kn. Leaning offshore, so a failure drifts you away from the beach rather than back to it — rideable for kite surfing, but not the direction to push your luck in.
Over the published window Il Porticciolo Beach clears 60/100 for kite surfing at every ability from Beginner to Expert — an unusually broad spot, which normally means a range of conditions rather than one narrow sweet spot. Today, 7 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 29 scored spots within reach today, Il Porticciolo Beach ranks 29th for kite surfing. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
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A managed Italian beach club on the Tyrrhenian coast, facing WNW, open daily 08:00-20:00 with lifeguards. The bottom is rocky and concrete, not sand, with submerged rocks and blocks roughly 10-15 m offshore at 30-40 cm depth, an unmarked hazard. It's a calm-water family spot with umbrellas, loungers, and canoe hire rather than a surf venue; not suitable for surfing, with limited wind/kite suitability. Entry fee applies for loungers.
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Wind at Il Porticciolo Beach today: 19 kn SE (gusting 45 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects kite surfing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Il Porticciolo Beach today: 2.0 m, 5 s period from E, mushy character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for kite surfing at Il Porticciolo Beach today is around 09:00 UTC, when conditions score 66/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Il Porticciolo Beach scores 65/100 today for kite foiling — Good. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Il Porticciolo Beach is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Il Porticciolo Beach is a coastal location near Lido di Tarquinia in Italy. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Il Porticciolo Beach, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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