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Multedo 37.3

#4956 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇮🇹 Italy · Genova · near Genoa

Wind is the enemy here, peaks in January, gentle enough to learn.

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Multedo, Italy
Photo: Alessio Sbarbaro User_talk:Yoggysot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Surf score37.3 /100
Surfable days47% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size0.6 m 1.8 ft median
Water19°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Multedo

The best time to surf Multedo is January, September. It rarely works. In January the water sits around 14°C, so pack a 4/3 with boots, and the typical wave is 0.8 m. The nearest airport is ALL (70 km) and the nearest town is Genoa (9 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan68%1%0.8 m14°C4/3
Feb62%0%0.8 m14°C4/3
Mar58%0%0.8 m14°C4/3
Apr45%0%0.6 m16°C3/2
May44%0%0.5 m19°C3/2
Jun27%0%0.4 m24°Cvest
Jul14%0%0.3 m26°Cboardies
Aug26%0%0.4 m27°Cboardies
Sep32%1%0.4 m23°Cvest
Oct49%0%0.6 m20°C2mm
Nov69%0%0.8 m18°C3/2
Dec67%0%0.8 m16°C4/3

What is under Multedo

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 79 m.

Depth 8 km out79 m
Depth 4 km out64 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 37.3

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
14.0
Best days 22.4%
5.1
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
5.1
Season spread 4.1%
1.5
Water comfort 6.1%
2.7
Access 4.1%
3.8

The detail

Faces 190° with 36% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 94% of days. Mean peak period 4.9 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.4 m, with a peak period of 7 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 52%. Months that work: 5 of 12. Coordinates 44.424, 8.824 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,620/ month
typically €1,430 – €1,810
Rent, one bedroom€848
Groceries€340
Eating out€194
Getting around€113
Phone + internet€119
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€3,150/ month
typically €2,780 – €3,530
Somewhere to stay€1,860
Eating out€664
Car, transfers, fuel€427
Data + extras€200
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Airport and town on the doorstep, so the local estimate is 8% above the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Italy (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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