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Kitesurfing in Apulia

6 spots · 3 destinations · 6 schools

Bari's north coast strings together four urban launches: Torre Quetta and Giovinazzo are pebble-and-rock chop-and-small-wave spots for intermediate and expert riders, working best on Levante; Santo Spirito sits between them with less current and an easier reputation despite its own rocks; Molfetta further north is a bowl-shaped bay near the port, sand-and-pebble bottom, treated as a freeride spot for locals.

Spots with a rule5a permit, a zone or a closed season in the recordBeginner spots3where the record says a beginner can rideSeasonMay to Septembersomewhere in the regionWindsLevante, Maestralenamed by two or more of its spots

Season runs May through September across all four.

Apulia holds 6 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 3 destinations. The season runs May to September. 3 of them suits beginners. 6 schools operate in the region. The busiest areas are Torre Quetta & Santo Spirito, Bari north coast and Barletta Freekite Beach & Margherita di Savoia.

When you may ride

the rules these spots carry, with the year on each

Barletta Freekite BeachLitoranea di Ponente, Barletta2026has a date window2026: kitesurfing is not named anywhere in the local rules, so what binds you is the bathing regime.
2026: kitesurfing is not named anywhere in the local rules, so what binds you is the bathing regime.

The whole rule, on the Barletta Freekite Beach page

GiovinazzoBari north coast2026has a date window2026: Regione Puglia approved the regional bathing ordinance with Determinazione Dirigenziale n.
2026: Regione Puglia approved the regional bathing ordinance with Determinazione Dirigenziale n.

The whole rule, on the Giovinazzo page

Margherita di SavoiaBarletta-Andria-Trani coast2026has a date window2026: the Puglia bathing ordinance sets the season from 23 May to 13 September and reserves the sea within 200 m of beaches and low rocky shores, and 100 m off cliffs, for bathing 24 hours a day across that whole period, unless the maritime authority fixes different limits.
2026: the Puglia bathing ordinance sets the season from 23 May to 13 September and reserves the sea within 200 m of beaches and low rocky shores, and 100 m off cliffs, for bathing 24 hours a day across that whole period, unless the maritime authority fixes different limits.

The whole rule, on the Margherita di Savoia page

MolfettaBari north coast2026has a date window2026: Regione Puglia approved the regional bathing ordinance by Determinazione Dirigenziale n.
2026: Regione Puglia approved the regional bathing ordinance by Determinazione Dirigenziale n.

The whole rule, on the Molfetta page

Torre QuettaBari urban coast2026has a date window2026, Circondario marittimo di Bari, covering the Bari and Mola di Bari coast.
2026, Circondario marittimo di Bari, covering the Bari and Mola di Bari coast.

The whole rule, on the Torre Quetta page

Each block is the opening of the record's own rule, kept in its own words. Where two postings do not line up, both are kept and neither is picked for you.

The winds here

what the spot records call the wind, and the knots they quote

Levante

named by 5 spots here

No spot record quotes a knot range against this wind by name.

Maestrale

named by 5 spots here

No spot record quotes a knot range against this wind by name.

Two or more spots name each of these here as well: Tramontana and Grecale. The knots a spot quotes for one of them are on that spot's own page.

Destinations in Apulia

Torre Quetta & Santo Spiritobeginner-friendlygear rental2 spots · 1 schoolsBari north coastadvancedgear rental2 spots · 2 schoolsBarletta Freekite Beach & Margherita di Savoiabeginner-friendlygear rental2 spots · 3 schools

All spots in Apulia

Barletta Freekite Beachsea · beginner okGiovinazzoseaMargherita di Savoiasea · beginner okMolfettaseaSanto Spiritosea · beginner okTorre Quettasea

Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z, and no spot here is filed above tier 3.

Last updated September 2026