Livorno 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.

Livorno sits on the Tyrrhenian coast of Tuscany, roughly 20 km south-west of Pisa, and is one of Italy's busiest commercial and ferry ports. The Fortezza Vecchia, a 16th-century Medici fortress, marks the inner harbour mouth and is the visual anchor of the old waterfront. The city's Venezia Nuova district — a grid of canals inspired by the Amsterdam model, dug in the 17th century — is unique in Tuscany and makes Livorno one of the few Italian port cities with a canal-town character reminiscent of Venice. Tidal range at Livorno is around 0.3 m above Lowest Astronomical Tide. This is among the smallest ranges on any monitored Italian coastline. For most practical purposes the astronomical tide is a near-constant — anglers working the harbour jetties, kayakers paddling the Venezia Nuova canals, and swimmers at nearby Antignano will not notice tidal stage in normal conditions. The more significant sea-level driver here is the meteorological tide. Sustained libeccio (south-westerly) winds of 20–30 knots can pile an extra 0.2–0.5 m of water against the Livorno waterfront within hours. These surge events, similar in mechanism to Venice's acqua alta but shorter-lived, can temporarily flood the lowest canal-side quays in Venezia Nuova and the outer ferry terminal aprons. The Capitaneria di Porto (port authority) issues VHF weather updates; sea-level anomaly forecasts from ISPRA's Rete Mareografica Nazionale are the authoritative source for surge risk. For divers, the wrecks and rocky reef systems 2–5 km offshore experience almost no tidal current — visibility and surface conditions (swell from libeccio, bora thermals in winter) are the primary planning variables. Ferryman schedules to Capraia and Elba run on fixed clock times regardless of tidal state; the constraint is sea state, not tide height. Open-Meteo Marine provides the tide predictions shown on this page, accurate to approximately ±45 minutes on timing and ±0.2–0.3 m on height. For safety-critical decisions — commercial vessel berthing, flood-risk assessment — consult ISPRA tide gauge data and Capitaneria di Porto notices.