Kitesurfing in Sicily
25 spots · 7 destinations · 25 schools
This second Sicilian cluster splits the island's edges: Mondello and Isola delle Femmine work the Palermo coast from October to May on NE and E wind, while Capo Feto trades polish for a wetland reserve and a June-to-September season on the south-west corner.
Marina di Ragusa and Santa Maria del Focallo round out the south coast, both open to any level — shallow sandy water at Focallo, chop building to small and medium waves at Ragusa.
Sicily holds 25 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 7 destinations. Riding here is mostly chop, lagoons, flat water and waves. Something is rideable here in every month of the year.
15 of them suits beginners. 25 schools operate in the region. The busiest areas are Sicily - Lo Stagnone, Santa Croce Camerina and Sicily - between Marsala and Mazara del Vallo.
When you may ride
the rules these spots carry, with the year on each
Lo StagnoneSicily - Lo Stagnone20192019: Ordinanza 01/2019 of the Marsala maritime office is still the act that governs ordinary kiting inside the reserve.
2019: Ordinanza 01/2019 of the Marsala maritime office is still the act that governs ordinary kiting inside the reserve.
Petrosino / PuzzitedduSicily - between Marsala and Mazara del Vallo2025has a date windowThe on-spot club holds a beach concession with an attached launch corridor, and riders should use that channel from June to September, above all in July and August and at weekends, rather than launching through bathers.
The on-spot club holds a beach concession with an attached launch corridor, and riders should use that channel from June to September, above all in July and August and at weekends, rather than launching through bathers.
San Vito Lo CapoSan Vito Lo Capo20252025/2026: no kitesurf permit or corridor ordinance specific to San Vito Lo Capo has been published.
2025/2026: no kitesurf permit or corridor ordinance specific to San Vito Lo Capo has been published.
Capo FetoMazara del Vallo, Trapani20262026 Guardia Costiera Mazara del Vallo bathing ordinance: during bathing season, the sea area up to 300 m from shore is reserved for bathing and, from 08:00-20:00, navigation by vessels including kitesurf and windsurf is prohibited except via marked/authorized launch corridors or allowed free-beach provisions.
2026 Guardia Costiera Mazara del Vallo bathing ordinance: during bathing season, the sea area up to 300 m from shore is reserved for bathing and, from 08:00-20:00, navigation by vessels including kitesurf and windsurf is prohibited except via marked/authorized launch corridors or allowed free-beach provisions.
CaucanaSanta Croce Camerina, Ragusa coast20262026: kitesurfing at Caucana is not allowed in summer because of the bathing season.
2026: kitesurfing at Caucana is not allowed in summer because of the bathing season.
Isola delle FemminePalermo20262026 Palermo district bathing-safety ordinance.
2026 Palermo district bathing-safety ordinance.
La PlayaCatania gulf2026has a date window2026: the Catania coast guard bathing-safety ordinance 40/2026 governs this coast, from the Simeto river mouth to Acireale.
2026: the Catania coast guard bathing-safety ordinance 40/2026 governs this coast, from the Simeto river mouth to Acireale.
Le SalinelleLascari, west of Cefalu20262026: the Termini Imerese coast guard bathing-safety ordinance, edition 2026, covers the Lascari and Cefalu coast.
2026: the Termini Imerese coast guard bathing-safety ordinance, edition 2026, covers the Lascari and Cefalu coast.
Lido ManfriaGulf of Gela20262026 Guardia Costiera Gela bathing-safety ordinance 13/2026, dated 1 June 2026. Through the bathing season the band out to 300 m from the waterline is reserved for bathers and marked with red buoys 50 m apart.
2026 Guardia Costiera Gela bathing-safety ordinance 13/2026, dated 1 June 2026. Through the bathing season the band out to 300 m from the waterline is reserved for bathers and marked with red buoys 50 m apart.
MarausaSicily - Lo Stagnone area, near Trapani2026has a date window2026: Marausa is an ordinary bathing beach in the Comune di Misiliscemi and the 2026 bathing season runs 1 May to 31 October, which puts the legal kiting window at roughly 1 November to 30 April.
2026: Marausa is an ordinary bathing beach in the Comune di Misiliscemi and the 2026 bathing season runs 1 May to 31 October, which puts the legal kiting window at roughly 1 November to 30 April.
Marina di ModicaModica coast, Ragusa province20262026: no bathing ordinance covering the Modica shoreline has been obtained.
2026: no bathing ordinance covering the Modica shoreline has been obtained.
Marina di RagusaRagusa20262026: riding is barred from the marked bathing water during the bathing season, and in July and August you are held to the marked areas, with launch and landing kept clear of the bathers.
2026: riding is barred from the marked bathing water during the bathing season, and in July and August you are held to the marked areas, with launch and landing kept clear of the bathers.
MondelloPalermo20262026: the Palermo Coast Guard bathing-safety ordinance (no. 46 of 29 May 2026) puts kitesurf under pleasure-navigation rules and allows it in daylight only.
2026: the Palermo Coast Guard bathing-safety ordinance (no. 46 of 29 May 2026) puts kitesurf under pleasure-navigation rules and allows it in daylight only.
San GiulianoTrapani, Erice seafront2026two versions2026: no Trapani municipal ordinance and no Capitaneria di Porto launch corridor specific to Spiaggia di San Giuliano was located, and there is no marked kite entry or exit chute on the beach.
2026: no Trapani municipal ordinance and no Capitaneria di Porto launch corridor specific to Spiaggia di San Giuliano was located, and there is no marked kite entry or exit chute on the beach.
San LeoneAgrigento coast20262026 Porto Empedocle bathing-safety ordinance 17/2026, in force along the Agrigento coast, with its signals annex replaced by ordinance 18/2026. During the bathing season, from 08:00 to sunset and whenever people are in the water, kitesurf may not navigate or anchor in the sea reserved for bathing.
2026 Porto Empedocle bathing-safety ordinance 17/2026, in force along the Agrigento coast, with its signals annex replaced by ordinance 18/2026. During the bathing season, from 08:00 to sunset and whenever people are in the water, kitesurf may not navigate or anchor in the sea reserved for bathing.
Santa Maria del FocalloIspica, Ragusa2025has a date window2025 Guardia Costiera Pozzallo bathing-safety ordinance: through the bathing season the sea within 200 m of the coast is reserved for bathers during bathing hours, stated as 09:00-19:00, and transit, stopping, mooring, anchoring of surf, kite-surf, wind-surf or other craft is prohibited within 300 m of the coast except through compliant launch corridors.
2025 Guardia Costiera Pozzallo bathing-safety ordinance: through the bathing season the sea within 200 m of the coast is reserved for bathers during bathing hours, stated as 09:00-19:00, and transit, stopping, mooring, anchoring of surf, kite-surf, wind-surf or other craft is prohibited within 300 m of the coast except through compliant launch corridors.
ScoglittiVittoria, Gulf of Gela20262026: Regione Siciliana bathing-season files list Baia Dorica and the neighbouring Vittoria beaches as monitored bathing-water stretches, and Porto di Scoglitti as a 650 m non-bathing harbour area.
2026: Regione Siciliana bathing-season files list Baia Dorica and the neighbouring Vittoria beaches as monitored bathing-water stretches, and Porto di Scoglitti as a 650 m non-bathing harbour area.
Tiki Beach (Pozzallo)Pozzallo2025has a date window2025: the Pozzallo coast guard bathing-safety ordinance.
2025: the Pozzallo coast guard bathing-safety ordinance.
Torre di GaffeLicata coast20262026: Torre di Gaffe sits in the Licata maritime district and its own bathing-safety ordinance was not traced, so read the signage on the beach before you rig.
2026: Torre di Gaffe sits in the Licata maritime district and its own bathing-safety ordinance was not traced, so read the signage on the beach before you rig.
TremestieriSouth Messina, Strait of Messina2026has a date window2026: no bathing-safety ordinance for the Messina maritime district, the one that actually governs Tremestieri, is published, so the local corridor layout is unconfirmed.
2026: no bathing-safety ordinance for the Messina maritime district, the one that actually governs Tremestieri, is published, so the local corridor layout is unconfirmed.
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
Ponente
named by 15 spots here
No spot record quotes a knot range against this wind by name.
Scirocco
named by 15 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: Maestrale, Grecale, Levante, Libeccio, Mistral and Ostro. The knots a spot quotes for one of them are on that spot's own page.
The spots this region is known for
tier 1 of the 25 spots here
Destinations in Sicily
All spots in Sicily
Capo d'Orlandosea · beginner okCapo Fetomixed · beginner okCaucanasea · beginner okGranellisea · beginner okIl PiloneseaIsola delle Femmineopen coast, sandy beach sections with nearby rocky coast · beginner okLa PlayaseaLe SalinelleseaLido ManfriaseaLo Stagnonelagoon|flat · beginner okMarausaopen beach / sheltered shallow coastal water; flat to chop with minimal waves in normal kiteable wind · beginner okMarina di ModicaseaMarina di Ragusachop to small/medium waves · beginner okMondelloshallow bay, chop to small/medium waves · beginner okPetrosino / Puzziteddumixed · beginner okPunta SeccawavesSan GiulianoseaSan Leonesea · beginner okSan Vito Lo CapomixedSanta Maria del Focallomixed · beginner okScoglittisea · beginner okSpiaggia di SiracusaflatTiki Beach (Pozzallo)mixed · beginner okTorre di Gaffesea · beginner okTremestierisea
Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z; the block above it is the tier order.
Last updated September 2026