Vieste tide times

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.

Model-derived from a global ocean grid. Useful indication; expect about ±45 minutes on average vs. a local harmonic gauge, individual stations vary widely. See /methodology for per-region detail. Not for navigation.

Conditions as of 06:00 local time. Refreshes daily.

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.

The angler tradition for major/minor fishing windows: major ≈3-hour windows around moon transit and opposition; minor ≈2-hour windows around moonrise and moonset. Times are Europe/Rome local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Vieste stands on the eastern tip of the Gargano peninsula — the great limestone promontory that projects from Puglia into the Adriatic like Italy's spur. White sea stacks (faraglioni) rise from the water immediately below the town's cliff-edge historic centre, the most photographed being the Pizzomunno monolith, a 25 m column of white limestone that stands directly off Spiaggia del Castello, the main town beach. Local legend attributes the Pizzomunno's solitude to a fisherman turned to stone by sirens — a story the town has merchandised thoroughly. The Gargano coastline alternates between sheer white limestone cliffs (up to 50–80 m), sea caves (grotte marine, accessible only by small boat), and sand beaches backed by Aleppo pine. North of Vieste the coast runs to Peschici; south toward Mattinata the cliffs become more continuous. The Parco Nazionale del Gargano covers the entire peninsula including a 15 km stretch of offshore islands (Isole Tremiti, 25 km to the north). Tidal range at Vieste is approximately 0.35 m above Chart Datum — consistent with central-Adriatic values and slightly above Bari's figure due to Vieste's more northerly position on the basin. The tidal pattern is semidiurnal with clear spring-neap variation (roughly 0.45 m spring, 0.25 m neap). For sea-cave access, even a 0.35 m tidal change matters: the Grotta Campana and Grotta Sfondata — entered at water level by small boat — have clearance at high tide that can be reduced to near-impassable at low tide in some cases, or vice versa depending on the cave's orientation. Local boat-tour operators know these windows and schedule accordingly; first-time visitors should defer to their timing. Kayakers seeking to enter sea caves independently should check both tidal state and swell height — a 0.5 m south-easterly swell amplifies wave surge inside caves far more than the tide itself. Open-Meteo Marine provides the tide predictions on this page (±45 min / ±0.2–0.3 m). For authoritative Adriatic sea-level data, ISPRA maintains gauge stations at Bari and further north at Ortona; Vieste-specific surge forecasts are available from the Centro Funzionale Regionale Puglia weather service.