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Campania · Montecorice, Cilento coast · Salerno

Case del Conte

also known as Casa del Conte, Baia Arena

beginner-friendlymedium crowds

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On this page

Wind
- Month by month
Forecast
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
Hazards
Rules & access
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Nearby Agropoli 14 km · Marina di Casal Velino 17 km · Paestum 18 km · Battipaglia / Baia dei Delfini 37 km · straight-line distance

SeasonOct to Novthe months riders and schools name How windy10 knotssynoptic Launchmediumaccess rules on record, below Watersea27.1°C in summer · 5 things riders flag LevelBeginner to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools1named at this spot From the airportno transfer time published

When it fills in

No onset time is published for this spot.

Case del Conte is the kite name for Baia Arena, at Montecorice on the Cilento coast. It is a chop and small-wave sea spot that only really works on SE, SSE and S: Scirocco comes in side-shore, and Ostro is the other one to watch.

October and November have the most agreement behind them, so do not build a summer thermal week around this beach. The bottom is sand. Parking is free, and the wave riding is good on a southerly that is not oversizing everything.

Usual strength is put below 10 knots, which sits badly beside the accounts of strong gusty frontal days; no working range has been published. Rocks sit close in, and access is given as winter period only, which in July and August matters more than the wind does.

It gets marked beginner-friendly, and on a wave day with rocks around that call is yours to make on the sand.

The wind

locals call it Scirocco, Ostro

Direction

cross-shoreSE

Character

synoptic

Typical strength

Reported below 10 knots; not otherwise quantified.

Good for wave riding when the S or SE is not producing oversized waves. Strong gusty wind has also been reported.

October and November are the best period. This coast leans on frontal wind and gets less reliable breeze than the Amalfi side.

Direction to shore

SE and S are the working directions, with Scirocco side-shore.

Dominant direction

SE, SSE, S

Forecast

Month by month

Jan24
Feb21
Mar23
Apr20
May11
Jun8
Jul2
Aug3
Sep18
Oct, riders' month11
Nov, riders' month25
Dec29

windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Oct, Nov.

24%Jan17°
21%Feb15°
23%Mar16°
20%Apr17°
11%May20°
8%Jun24°
2%Jul28°
3%Aug28°
18%Sep26°
11%Oct24°
25%Nov21°
29%Dec18°

windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+) · water °C below · season highlighted

Month	Windy days	Force 4+	12 kn or more	Knots	From	Peaks at	Air	Water	Readings
Jan	24%	40%	35%	10.9 kt	NW	15:00	10.1°C	16.6°C	62
Feb	21%	33%	26%	9.9 kt	WNW	14:00	10.6°C	15.3°C	57
Mar	23%	39%	31%	10.3 kt	WNW	14:00	11.6°C	15.5°C	62
Apr	20%	40%	30%	9.2 kt	WNW	15:00	14°C	16.8°C	60
May	11%	23%	16%	7.8 kt	W	13:00	18.4°C	19.9°C	62
Jun	8%	12%	10%	7.6 kt	WNW	15:00	23.3°C	24.2°C	60
Jul	2%	10%	6%	7.2 kt	WNW	16:00	26.5°C	28°C	62
Aug	3%	18%	10%	8.1 kt	WNW	16:00	26°C	28.3°C	62
Sep	18%	27%	23%	9.1 kt	WNW	15:00	22.5°C	26°C	60
Oct	11%	16%	15%	8.1 kt	WNW	14:00	19.6°C	23.7°C	62
Nov	25%	37%	33%	10.6 kt	WNW	15:00	15.1°C	21.1°C	60
Dec	29%	45%	42%	10.6 kt	WNW	14:00	12.3°C	18.2°C	62

modelled

A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.

Modelled from the operational forecast archive at 1.5–7 km (2023-2024), daylight hours only, not a ground station: it resolves thermal, lake and valley winds far better than coarse reanalysis but still tends to understate a strong local thermal. A windy day has at least three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more. The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.

High-resolution weather model (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical forecast archive — best-match operational model (ICON-D2 / AROME / ICON-EU / GFS by region), not a ground station · 2023-2024

The water

Type

sea

Standing depth

Sandy seabed, and Baia Arena shelves low and gently, but no standing-depth range for kiting is published.

Tides

Tide independent.

Temperature

27.1°C summer · 14.6°C winter

Wetsuit

Shorts in summer, shorty or normal wetsuit in spring/fall, and normal wetsuit in winter.

15–28°C water

Chop and small waves. It turns into a wave spot on SE and S wind.

Your level

beginnerintermediateadvanced

Marked beginner through expert, and 'all levels' elsewhere. The rocks and the wave days make a beginner session condition-dependent.

The scene

What riders come here for

wavefreeridesmall waves

Relaxed and friendly, with much of the beach free and open and largely uncrowded. Summer bathing still decides where and whether you can launch.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

1 school names this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: medium

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Agropoli, 14 km

Agropoli Marina di Casal Velino Paestum

Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.

Launch

Medium sandy beach launch at Baia Arena and Case del Conte, free parking, access allowed only in the winter period.

Space

medium

Rules & access

2026: the Guardia Costiera Agropoli bathing-safety ordinance n. 22/2026 covers this stretch, and no kite corridor specific to Case del Conte is published. Access is also given as winter period only, which is unconfirmed for 2026.

Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.

Rider tips

Check the bathing-season restrictions before you launch: access here is given as winter period only.
Save it for S and SE frontal days in October and November rather than a summer afternoon.
Mark the rocks close to shore before you rig.
Park free at Baia Arena and rig on the sand.
Leave nothing visible in the car.

Getting there

Airport

Salerno Costa d'Amalfi is the closer airport for Agropoli; Naples International is the larger Campania gateway.

Route

Drive south from Salerno toward Agropoli and follow the coast to Case del Conte, about 19 km by road from Agropoli.

Cost level

medium

Staying

Beds around Case del Conte, Ogliastro Marina, Montecorice and Agropoli.

No-wind days

Baia Arena beach, Punta Licosa, Castellabate, Agropoli and the rest of the Cilento coast.

Photos

Sandy beach at Case del Conte at dusk with the moon rising over the cliff separating it from Ripe Rosse — G. NOCE / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

When is the best time to kite at Case del Conte?

October and November are the most consistently supported months, since the area depends on frontal winds and is less steady than the Amalfi coast.

What is the wind like?

SE, SSE and S are the working directions, described as a Scirocco wave spot with a sandy bottom; strength is not consistently quantified across sources.

Is Case del Conte suitable for beginners?

Beginner, intermediate and expert levels are all listed, but rocks and wave days mean local judgment matters for less experienced riders.

Are there kite schools nearby?

Cilento Coast Kiteboarding, based in nearby Pioppi, is the listed school for this stretch.

Is there a launch or access constraint?

Access is reported as allowed only in the winter period, with free parking at the medium sandy beach launch.

Last updated: August 2026