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At Capo Sant’Andrea, one can also swim in October!

This is true, as the microclimate of Capo Sant’Andrea ensures that the water temperature is perfect even in October. You will not find the usual Teutonic tourists used to the northern cold here!...

A few years ago, right on the “Docks” at Capo Sant’Andrea, a chemist (German!) took the temperature of the water at a depth of one metre using a calibrated electronic thermometer. Over a period of more than a decade (1991-2003), the average temperature of the water between the 1st and 10th of October varied between 22.46°C and 21.55°C, with a thermal variation of between +1.64°/+1.65° and -1.06°/-1.35°. If one considers the effects of global warming, it can be surmised that this average has increased.