Kitesurfing in Sardinia

2016, still cited as the operative special discipline and modified in 2017: at Porto Pollo and Porto Liscia, in the Comune di Palau, special-discipline areas apply within 200 m of the shore from the week before the bathing season starts until it ends.

Kitesurfing is allowed only in the designated zones at Punta Trettu Kite Beach, and riding outside them draws fines from the maritime police and the Coast Guard.

2026 Porto Torres beach-safety season runs from the third Saturday of May to the third Sunday of September for the district that includes Badesi.

2026: the Sardinian regional beach ordinance sets the summer beach season as 1 April to 31 October and prohibits sports and games within 15 m of the shoreline except in authorised areas; the 2026 regional approval document cites Cagliari Coast Guard safety ordinance 98/2025 and Cagliari ludic-sport and navigation ordinance 48/2022 as integrated by ordinance 171/2025. On the ground at Chia there is no marked kite area on the beach at all: through the peak summer months kitesurfing cannot be launched from Su Giudeu because of the swimmers, and access is by paid boat launch roughly 200 m offshore.

2025: Cagliari coastguard Ordinance n.

2026: the Sardinian regional beach ordinance sets the demanial summer season as 1 April to 31 October and fixes the bathing season from the third week of May to the third week of September.

2026: the Sardinian regional beach ordinance sets the demanial summer season as 1 April to 31 October and the bathing season from the third week of May to the third week of September; it requires concession holders to open and staff their stretch 08:30-19:30 through that season, keeps launch corridors in permanent public use with no bathing, mooring or anchoring inside them, bans any use of a corridor outside the terms of its authorisation, bans motor vehicles on the beach all year except rescue and specifically authorised vehicles, bans walking on or crossing dunes outside marked routes, and bans removing sand, pebbles or shells.

2026: La Pelosa access is reservation-only from 15 May to 15 October 2026, with 1,500 places a day; daily or period tickets cost EUR 3.50 per person, children under 12 are excluded from the booking, and access checks run 08:00-18:00. The coast up to and including Capo Falcone falls under the Alghero maritime district's 2026 bathing-safety ordinance, no. 22 of 15 May 2026: a 200 m band off sandy beaches and 100 m off high rocky coast is reserved for bathing, and in the bathing zones and anywhere else people are swimming the transit of any craft, windsurf and kitesurf explicitly included, is always forbidden, with exceptions only for oar-powered beach craft and state or rescue vessels.

2026: navigation, mooring and bathing along the Capo Caccia - Isola Piana protected coast are governed by Capitaneria di Porto ordinance no. 29/2026, and ordinance no. 50 of 12 August 2026 re-modulates the moorings, on a trial basis, in the water off Cala dell'Olandese, the Calette del Lazzaretto, Cala Monte Tundu and Cala del Rosso.

2026: the official Area Marina Protetta Penisola del Sinis - Isola di Mal di Ventre site says activities have different rules by zone, so read them before setting off; no Capo Mannu-specific 2026 kite corridor or ban is published.

2026: kitesurfing at Coaquaddus is allowed only outside the summer months and must follow local rules.

2026: no Costa Rei municipal kite ordinance is published and no marked kite zone or launch corridor exists on the beach.

2026: the Sardinian regional coastal ordinance sets the summer coastal season from 1 April to 31 October and, following the 2025 national infrastructure decree, fixes the bathing-safety season from the third week of May to the third week of September.

2026: there is no launch corridor, and the spot is treated as strictly winter use from 30 September to 30 April because of bathers.

2026: from 1 May to 30 September, kitesurfing near Cagliari is allowed only in the authorized kite area at La Maddalena Spiaggia. Geremeas is a winter spot outside that window.

2026: the Sardinian regional beach ordinance (det.

2026: the Sardinian bathing season runs from the third week of May to the third week of September, and the Olbia coastguard bathing-safety ordinance applies through it.

2019 Comune di San Teodoro Piano di Utilizzo dei Litorali lists La Cinta CDM_37 as 'Scuola di Kite surf; corridoio di lancio' with 84 sq m and 6 m frontage; 2026: the school on the beach still gives its base as La Cinta Beach, Kite Zone CDM 37. Riding stays outside the furthest swimming buoys and inside the marked zone.

2026: Maddalena Spiaggia is treated locally as the official kite area for Cagliari and Capoterra, and its launch corridor must be respected.

2026: the Le Saline/Punta Saline kite beach has a designated launching corridor and is authorized for kite launching. No municipal ordinance text specific to Olbia/Punta Saline has been confirmed.

2026: from 1 May to 30 September kitesurfing is available only in the authorized kite area at La Maddalena Spiaggia near Cagliari, with Santa Margherita completely usable in winter.

2026: Spiaggia Grande is kiteable only outside the summer season, autumn through spring, and Calasetta's tolerance of kiting is framed the same way; in July and August the beach is a swimming beach.

2026: kitesurfing at Spiaggia La Salina is allowed only outside the summer season, and in compliance with local regulations.

2026 status still unconfirmed.

2026: Sardinia's regional bathing ordinance defines the beach-season framework and requires respect for local maritime-authority and municipal rules; it also requires the 5 m strip from the waterline to remain free for transit and regulates launch/landing corridors.

2025 Porto Torres bathing safety ordinance: in the Valledoria/Badesi coastal district, the first 200 m from sandy beaches and 100 m from rocky coasts are reserved for bathing; windsurf/kitesurf-type craft may not transit bathing waters and launch/return should use authorized launch corridors at maximum 3 kt where present.

2026: the Sardinia regional bathing-season framework applies, and Villasimius works out as a winter spot because summer crowds force lift or boat access instead of a beach launch.