Recco Beach

Recco Beach is an SSW-facing beach break in Genova, Liguria, Italy. It picks up swell from SSW to SW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 76% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNE: light winds or NNE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: a gap beside Corsica lets in swell from 164.5° (SSE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 154 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SSW (212°)

Best swell

SSW to SW (192°–236°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSW to SW (192.5° to 236.5°)

Rare slot

gap beside Corsica, 164.5° SSE

Offshore wind

NNE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

2