LAZIO
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WEATHER. Summer: temps up to 35c°. Stays warm untill late october. Winter is mild and never gets below 10c° along the coast.
SWELLS. S/W, N/W, W and S/E,
SPOTS THAT HOLD ONSHORE. South to noth: Carrubo (LT), Saporetti (LT), Nettuno (RM), Anzio Porto, Santa Severa. Santa Marinella area.
EQUIPMENT. Hotdog board with rails. Spring-suit untill late october. 3.2 and reef boots enough for winter.
FOOD. Food from Lazio is spicy and filling. Try a sandwich with "porchetta" (roast pork) or pasta with "pajata" (lamd's guts) or the famous "abbacchio" (roasted lamb)
WAVE INFOS. Santa Marinella area; Banzai surfshop 0766 533691. Fiumicino area; Dirty Surfshop 06 6520388. Ostia lido; DB Surf 06 5673072. Torvaianica are H2O 06 9174744. San Felice Circeo area; Wave 0773 526091. Gaeta area; Killer 0771 464438. Check Banzai (S. Marinella) webcam at www.surf.it
SURF SCHOOL. Fregene Surf Club 03355818610. Banzai Surf Club 0766 570762. Coccia Surf Club 06 6520388. Ocean Surf Cerveteri 06 9903755.
SURF FACTORY. Bean Surfboards 06 91491657 Via Campo Jemini - Torvajanica (Rm). Dirty Surfboards 0338 3638204 Via Delle Pinne, 81/a - Fiumicino (Rm). Pike Surfboards 06 5652092 Via Giulio Quirino Giglioli, 5 - Casalpalocco (Rm). Red'z Surfboards 06 5673524 Via delle Repubbliche Marinare, 27 - Ostia Lido (Rm). X Surfboards 06 65025585 Via Falzarego, 69 - Fiumicino (Rm).
GETTING THERE. To get to the seaside from Rome, get metro linea B to Piramide. Trains to Ostia leave every 20min. Civitavecchia is on the main train-line from Roma (90min) to Genova. Roma airport "Fiumicino" is on the coast, only minutes away from the best spots.
TRASPORTATION. All towns are connected with efficient trains an busses running up and down the coast route n°1 Aurelia.
USEFULL NUMBERS. Civitavecchia tourist office: 0766 25348. Tirrenia office in Roma 06 4742041 (ferry for Olbia, Arbatax and Cagliari).
SPOTS
Get out of the highway and follow freeway "Aurelia" direction north for 2-3 Km. You will see the spot from the road at Km. 56.300.Arguably the most consistent spot in Lazio region. Long peeling rights and lefts with different sections. Reef bottom. Powerfull waves but very crowded. Sea urchins make booties advisable. Breaks under same conditions as Fiumicino. Surfable even on active wind swells. Closes out only when very big. Clean water.