Italy
Arenile Occidentale - Costa Azzurra
Italy
On the beach
Right now
Live conditions from Open-Meteo, refreshed hourly.
7-day outlook
7-day marine forecast from Open-Meteo.
Water temperature
Next 7 days, °C
Wave height
Next 7 days, metres
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| Day | Water temp (°C) | Wave height (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 2 | 27.4 | 0.3 |
| Thu 3 | 27.5 | 0.1 |
| Fri 4 | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| Sat 5 | 27.9 | 0.2 |
| Sun 6 | 27.5 | 0.3 |
| Mon 7 | 27.9 | 0.1 |
| Tue 8 | 28.1 | 0.2 |
Typical water temperature by month
Modeled estimatePlausible seasonal climatology derived from latitude, for illustration — not a measured average.
Monthly water temperature
Typical range across the year, °C
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| Month | Typical water temp (°C) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 14 |
| Feb | 14 |
| Mar | 15 |
| Apr | 17 |
| May | 20 |
| Jun | 23 |
| Jul | 25 |
| Aug | 26 |
| Sep | 25 |
| Oct | 23 |
| Nov | 20 |
| Dec | 17 |
Location & nearby beaches
Nearby beaches
- 1.4 km
- 1.7 km
- 2.5 km
- 3.7 km
Distances calculated as straight-line (haversine) from official coordinates.
How do you get to Arenile Occidentale - Costa Azzurra?
- Easy by car — there's parking close to the beach.
- Bus stop: Riva Verrazzano (ospizio), about ~350 m away.
- Ferry: Grado - Molo Torpediniere, about ~740 m away.
Food, stays & town
- Nearest town: Grado, about ~1.7 km away.
- 67 places to eat within 1 km Closest is Costa Azurra, about ~130 m away.
- 16 places to stay mapped nearby Closest is Nauthotel, about ~310 m away.
- 1 shop nearby, about ~500 m away
What kind of beach is this?
This beach sits in a built-up resort setting, with hotels, restaurants and services clustered around it — a full-service stretch of coast that tends to be busy in peak season and quieter outside it.
Estimated from OpenStreetMap surroundings data (ODbL).
- Full-service days
Is the water clean at Arenile Occidentale - Costa Azzurra?
Thinking of swimming at Arenile Occidentale - Costa Azzurra? The short answer: its official EU Bathing Water rating for 2025 is Excellent — the highest official classification under the EU bathing-water assessment. That rating is set once a year under the EU Bathing Water Directive, from a full season of testing for intestinal enterococci and E. coli reported to the European Environment Agency the following spring, so the 2025 season's grade appeared in spring 2026 and the 2026 season won't be graded until spring 2027. In addition to that yearly rating, some national authorities — for Croatia, the national environmental authority — publish individual water sample results during the season itself, ahead of the annual report. It's been a consistently reliable spot too — the rating has held at Excellent for 11 straight years. You can park about ~280 m away.
That rating has been consistent: every one of the 11 classified seasons on record has come back Excellent or Good. The most reliable swimming window here typically runs from July–September, with the water usually at its warmest around August. Outside that window it's cooler and often quieter. Grado — the closest town — sits about ~1.7 km from here.
Worth remembering: “Excellent” isn't a live reading, it's an annual grade — Excellent, Good, Sufficient or Poor — set once a year from that season's water samples and describing the average, not this afternoon's conditions. For what the water is doing right now, check the “Right now” panel and 7-day outlook above. There are 67 places to eat within a kilometre — Costa Azurra is the closest, about ~130 m away.