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Badesi
Badesi is a north-Sardinia coastal town in Gallura, part of a kite cluster with neighboring Valledoria/La Ciaccia near the mouth of the Coghinas river. It is known among Sardinian kite spots for NE winds through the main May-August season.
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Wind
| best months |
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| season notes | NE wind is the defining feature of the local season. |
| wind name | Grecale/NE |
Water
| type | mixed - beach and river-mouth influenced water nearby |
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| tides | minimal |
| currents | river mouth of the Coghinas nearby (in Valledoria) can create localized current |
Levels
| intermediate | yes |
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| advanced | yes |
Launch & crowd
| busy months |
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| vibe | part of a small north-Sardinia kite cluster shared with Valledoria/La Ciaccia |
Monthly wind statistics
Station: Badesi (weatherspark modelled climatology) (Weatherspark (NASA/NOAA MERRA-2 reanalysis-based model climatology, not a physical anemometer), ~0 km) — Windfinder has no dedicated statistics page found/reachable for Badesi (searches only surfaced forecast pages and a nearby Isola Rossa forecast, ~5 km away; windfinder.com's windstatistics endpoint was also hitting persistent HTTP 429 rate-limits this session). Used Weatherspark's Badesi-specific modelled climatology instead. IMPORTANT: this reanalysis-based 24h/365-day average peaks in winter, the OPPOSITE of the batch's known_best_months (May-Aug), because the summer thermal/Maestrale wind window here is a strong but short afternoon phenomenon that a whole-day average largely erases. Weatherspark's coarse compass-bucket direction reports 'west' year-round, which likely folds in the NW Maestrale that local kite reports describe — treat dominant_dir as approximate. No Beaufort-probability or water-temperature data published; left null rather than invented.
| Month | Wind ≥4 Bft | Avg kn | Dir | Air °C | Water °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | —% | 10.3 | W | 9.7 | — |
| Feb | —% | 10.3 | W | 9.7 | — |
| Mar | —% | 9.8 | W | 11.7 | — |
| Apr | —% | 9.3 | W | 13.9 | — |
| May | —% | 8 | W | 17.5 | — |
| Jun | —% | 7.6 | W | 21.1 | — |
| Jul | —% | 7.3 | W | 24.2 | — |
| Aug | —% | 7.2 | W | 24.2 | — |
| Sep | —% | 8 | W | 21.7 | — |
| Oct | —% | 8.9 | W | 18.1 | — |
| Nov | —% | 10 | W | 13.9 | — |
| Dec | —% | 10.5 | W | 11.1 | — |
Hazards
- river mouth currents near Valledoria side of the cluster
Travel basics
| airport | OLB - Olbia Costa Smeralda |
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| getting there | north Sardinia coast, Province of Sassari, near Valledoria |
| cost level | mid |
Nearby: Valledoria / La Ciaccia, Porto Pollo
Sources: en.wikipedia.org