Kitesurfing in Tuscany
10 spots · 2 destinations · 9 schools
Talamone works a single, reliable trick: a warm-season NW Maestrale thermal in the shallow Golfo di Talamone that builds through early afternoon and regularly overshoots the forecast thanks to local Venturi effects.
Schools use the sandy flats for beginners, while stronger riders get freeride and freestyle bump-and-jump rather than anything resembling a wave break.
Tuscany holds 10 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 2 destinations. Riding here is mostly chop and flat water. Something is rideable here in every month of the year.
7 of them suits beginners. 9 schools operate in the region. The busiest areas are Viareggio and Tuscany - Maremma coast, south of Grosseto.
When you may ride
the rules these spots carry, with the year on each
TalamoneTuscany - Maremma coast, south of Grosseto2026has a date window2026: Porto Santo Stefano Coast Guard bathing-safety ordinance n.37/2026 applies from 16 May to 20 September 2026. Within 200 m from beaches and 100 m from rocky/steep coasts the sea is primarily reserved for bathers; from 08:30-19:30 transit by surf/windsurf/kitesurf is restricted except for authorized launch/landing corridors or, on free beaches without corridors, only in absence of bathers and as perpendicular as possible to shore.
CalambroneLitorale pisano, north of Livorno port2026has a date windowAccess is the rule that matters here, and it is set launch by launch rather than by one ordinance.
CapalbioCapalbio20262026: Much of the coast is tied to the Lago di Burano WWF reserve, so riders should use the designated launch stretch and not ride the protected lagoon.
FollonicaFollonica2023Beach use in Follonica is regulated by Ordinanza Dirigenziale n. 190 del 6 aprile 2023 (Comune di Follonica).
Marina di Grosseto FiumaraMaremma coast between Marina di Grosseto and Castiglione della Pescaia20262026: coastguard bathing-safety ordinance n.
Marina di VecchianoParco di Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli2026has a date window2026: parking at Marina di Vecchiano is paid from 9 May to 30 September.
PerelliPiombino / Gulf of Follonica2026Carbonifera is reportedly closed during the bathing season. No current municipal or Guardia Costiera kite-corridor text is published for Perelli in 2026.
Spiagge Bianche VadaRosignano Solvay / Vada20072007/2026: Livorno Capitaneria di Porto Ordinance n. 43/2007 sets kitesurf rules and requires riders to be 14 or older; helmet and impact vest are treated locally as compulsory, reportedly under the same ordinance.
Viareggio DarsenaViareggio south harbour beach20262026: bathing-safety ordinance n. 27 of 12 May 2026 for the Circondario Marittimo di Viareggio covers Viareggio, Camaiore, Pietrasanta and Forte dei Marmi, and replaced ordinance n.
Viareggio Principe di PiemonteViareggio promenade near Lido di Camaiore2026has a date window2026: bathing-safety ordinance n. 27/2026 for the Circondario marittimo di Viareggio, signed 12 May 2026 and covering Viareggio, Camaiore, Pietrasanta and Forte dei Marmi.
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
Libeccio
named by 8 spots here
- Viareggio Darsena15-25 kn
Maestrale
named by 6 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: Ponente, Grecale, Levante and Scirocco. The knots a spot quotes for one of them are on that spot's own page.
The spots this region is known for
tier 2 of the 10 spots here
Destinations in Tuscany
All spots in Tuscany
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