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Today at Spiaggia di Capo Vieste: Good for swimming — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 8 kn S · Tide -0.6 to -0.4 m. Best window around 06:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Spiaggia di Capo Vieste: 0.7m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 71°F.
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Spiaggia di Capo Vieste faces NE, tucked away from the prevailing westerly swell — the aspect that gives swimming the flat, sheltered water it needs more often than an exposed coast would.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 8 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Spiaggia di Capo Vieste clears 60/100 for swimming at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 3 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Spiaggia di Capo Vieste ranks 15th for swimming. 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 sandy Adriatic beach at a headland's base in a national park, with a sandbar break producing wind-driven, unreliable left- and right-hand waves, shallow for over 50 m from shore. Best surf comes in winter with NNW swells and SSW offshore wind; NE Tramontana wind also raises waves for kitesurfing, suited to all levels. Rip currents are a hazard. A launch corridor bans swimming within it; no lifeguard cover is documented.
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Wind at Spiaggia di Capo Vieste today: 8 kn S (gusting 22 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects swimming 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 di Capo Vieste today: 1.0 m, 2 s period from E, surging 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 swimming at Spiaggia di Capo Vieste today is around 07:00 UTC, when conditions score 74/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Spiaggia di Capo Vieste scores 78/100 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 di Capo Vieste 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 di Capo Vieste is a coastal location near Montincello 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 di Capo Vieste, 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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