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Tip of the moment
Fetching this spot's conditions…
Tip of the moment
Sicilia
Today's take
Window: 08:00–19:00, with caution — read the safety panel before you go.
Water temperature
26.8 °C
Verdict
Pleasant
Underwater visibility
~31.0 m
satellite reading from 2 days ago
When to go
Good from 08:00 to 19:00 — best around 08:00.
Pin colours:swimmablecautionnot advisedconditions not loaded yet
Forecasts come from ~8 km resolution models: very local effects (a sheltering pier, a lagoon pass) are not captured.
Sea-state data comes from a marine model cell about 11.0 km from this point — local nearshore conditions can differ.
Wave heights are significant heights: individual waves up to 2× this height still occur.
Four wave models are compared for this point: EWAM, GWAM, Météo-France WAM and ECMWF WAM.
Tide times derived from modelled sea level (± a few tens of minutes) — not official tide tables.
Missing data is shown as missing — never silently estimated.
Weather and marine data: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), wave models from the Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0). Forecasts are not guarantees. · Data fetched at 03:16 UTC
Water clarity generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Windows, comfort score and verdicts are computed by oswim from this data — modified values, not the institutes' raw figures.
min 2 · max 26 km/h · north-west sector · gusts 46 km/h
World Triathlon: stop on lightning
Visibility · 28 – 45 km
Good visibility.
Loss of bearings and collision risk
Post-rain pollution · 1.6 – 1.7 mm over 24 h
When it rains hard, runoff from roads and fields and sewer overflows carry bacteria out to sea. Nothing significant has fallen in the last 24 hours.
Official sampling is weekly at best; between two samples, recent rain is the recognized warning signal (EEA)
Jellyfish: no recent info. If you're there, tell us what you see — even “none” helps the next swimmer.
Water quality · Sufficient · 2025 season
The legal minimum to stay open: exceedances were recorded over the last four seasons. And this classification describes the water's past, not today's state.
Health authority classification (EU directive 2006/7/EC), published once per bathing season
Do you know whether this beach is lifeguarded?
Nearest lifeguarded beach: (2.5 km).
Access is usually via footpaths that follow the riverbank, reached on foot from the water's edge.
Worth knowing
The Alcantara riverbed was shaped by ancient Etna lava flows, which over time carved the striking basalt formations that line the river today.
Spot profile pending on-site verification.