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The High Tide is an atmospheric event that plague the city during winter months (mostly) the phenomenon is a sum between a particularly high tide and a warm wind form south (scirocco) that blows the Adriatic sea water into the lagoon increasing the tide itself...

However the High Tide it’ s not so frequent and it does not last more than a couple of hours so don’ t be afraid !! it is not dangerous at all, the damages are on the economy of the Venetians  owners of a commercial activity, they pay the price for such a disease.
It may sound weird or cynic but for a tourist high tide could be a funny moment, however you can feel a great sense of solidarity.


Venetians are “used“ (hard to get used to…) so they created services to help and warn people about it, here is a links to tide report centre also is possible to call a toll free number. Well known to Venetians is the sound of the siren that warns the citizen about the forthcoming flood.

The city is not entirely covered by water but only its lower part, the first to suffer the phenomenon are Saint Marks and Rialto.

It’s good deal to provide a pair of plastic boots (they can be bought everywhere in the city for few euros) to walk free around the city also where the aid of  the walkways is not provided and to become like kids playing into the water flooding Saint Mark's Square .