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Today at Spiaggia del Tonfano: Good for surfing — 72/100 for intermediate level. Wind 17 kn SE · Waves 1.5 m, 6 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 20:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Spiaggia del Tonfano: 1.1m waves with strong cross-shore wind. Wing Foiling looks Excellent in the late morning, with Windsurfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 23°C / 73°F.
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Spiaggia del Tonfano faces SW, straight into the prevailing Atlantic swell window — the reason it has waves at all, and the reason it is rarely flat.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 17 kn. Straight cross-shore sits between the two for surfing — the face stays rideable but the wall is less organised than on a clean offshore.
Over the published window Spiaggia del Tonfano clears 60/100 for 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, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Spiaggia del Tonfano ranks 4th for 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 wide, flat, fine-sand beach backed by rows of lidos, holding Blue Flag and Green Flag status. Mostly a calm swimming, paddleboarding and family beach, gently sloping with no rocks or reef. Occasional windswell beach-break surf appears on SW winds, breaking left and right, though inconsistent. Kite and windsurf must launch beyond a 200 m bather zone via a marked corridor, using body-drag technique. Lifeguards are present on-site in the bathing season.
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Wind at Spiaggia del Tonfano today: 17 kn SE (gusting 37 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects 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 Spiaggia del Tonfano today: 1.5 m, 6 s period from E, closing 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 surfing at Spiaggia del Tonfano today is around 20:00 UTC, when conditions score 72/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Spiaggia del Tonfano scores 75/100 today for kite surfing — 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.
Spiaggia del Tonfano 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.
Spiaggia del Tonfano is a coastal location near Marina di Pietrasanta 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 Spiaggia del Tonfano, 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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