Spiaggia di Montedarena, Taranto Live Cam

Swimmers fill the shallow water off the Spiaggia di Montedarena, on the Ionian coast west of Taranto in Apulia. A low rocky point closes the bay on the left.

The strip along the bottom of the frame carries temperature, humidity, wind and rainfall from a local weather station, which is what the camera was put up for. Air and sea both warm quickly here, and the readings run high from June to September.

This coast alternates between rock headlands and sandy bays, and the settlement of Monti d'Arena-Bosco Caggione is built among pines just behind the beach. The water stays shallow a long way out, so the crowd in the live picture stands rather than swims.