Italy / Calabria
Spiaggia di Caminia
Spiaggia di Caminia is a 924 m-long pebble beach facing south-east, 2.5 km south-east of Staletti (Calabria, Italy). The sea averages 26.2 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.1 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Spiaggia di Caminia
Beach-day index 7.5/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.8 °C | 14.1 °C | 14.3 °C | 15.3 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.8 °C | 24.7 °C | 26.2 °C | 25.0 °C | 22.5 °C | 19.5 °C | 16.4 °C |
| High °C | 12° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 23° | 29° | 32° | 32° | 27° | 22° | 17° | 13° |
| Low °C | 6° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 121 | 127 | 86 | 60 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 26 | 74 | 82 | 115 | 120 |
| Cloud % | 61 | 62 | 59 | 53 | 45 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 42 | 48 | 56 | 60 |
| Wind m/s | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Daylight h | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| Record high/low | 19°/-2° | 19°/-1° | 28°/2° | 27°/1° | 34°/8° | 39°/12° | 42°/16° | 40°/16° | 38°/12° | 33°/9° | 25°/4° | 20°/-1° |
| Beach index | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in June–September; June scores 9.1/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 21.8 °C and 31 mm of rain.
In June that is 0.3 points above the median of the 925 beaches in Italy covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 19.4 °C, warmer than 59% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
February is the wettest month (127 mm) and July the driest (19 mm); the yearly total is about 900 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.5 hours in December to 14.9 hours in June; in mid-June the sun rises at 05:27 and sets at 20:19 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (125°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 240° to 301°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the south-east about 1,200 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 24 m deep and 340 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 124 m above sea level 500 m inland and 321 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 33% tree cover, 33% grassland and 17% shrubland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 44% of that circle.
- Tree 33%
- Grass 33%
- Shrub 17%
- Built 14%
- Bare 3%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Caminia”, 330 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 10Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 14Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 8Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 1Grocery shops
- 3Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 6 restaurants and 4 bars. Accommodation: 8 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- MU.MA.K museum 300 m NE
Nature
- Grotte di San Gregorio cave entrance 530 m NE
Islands in view
- Scoglio la Pietra Grande 800 m NE
Campsites
- Blanca Cruz 510 m SW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport Lamezia Terme (CZ) | SUF | 32.4 km | north-west |
| Crotone Sant'Anna Pythagoras Airport Isola di Capo Rizzuto (KR) | CRV | 52.8 km | north-east |
| Reggio Calabria Airport Reggio Calabria | REG | 109 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 14 mapped car parks within 1 km.
16 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 34.5K residents); within 30 km there are 83 (about 215.9K).
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 14.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w510265627; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_33SXC_20240707_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT018079143004).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 2.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.