Nearby Cetara 21 km · Capo Miseno 34 km · Fusaro / Lido Fusaro 38 km · Battipaglia / Baia dei Delfini 39 km · straight-line distance
On the clock
13:00 · 18:00
13:00-18:00 average for the W/NW thermal.
The marks are the clock times the record names, laid on a 24-hour day. The bar between the first and the last covers those hours; it is not a promise of wind.
The wind
locals call it Ponente
Direction
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
Character
mixed
fills in: 13:00-18:00 average for the W/NW thermal.
Typical strength
5-20
Thermal or synoptic
thermal and frontal
The quiver, in words
A light-wind quiver spot. For 75-85 kg a 12 m covers the 12-18 kt end of the W/NW thermal and is the kite that stays rigged; a 9 m only earns its place on the rare frontal day that touches 20 kt.Most of the season sits lower than the forecast promises, around 8-13 kt, which is 14-15 m twin-tip territory or, as the locals ride it, an 18-21 m light-wind foil kite on a race board with a central fin so you can point off the beach straight after launch.Indicative sizing drawn from rider reports; no school here publishes a size chart.
Direction to shore
Sideshore.
Dominant direction
NW, W
Forecast
Month by month
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
riding season from the spot record · no wind series here is trusted enough to name a season
- Jan6
- Feb4
- Mar5
- Apr, riders' month5
- May, riders' month0
- Jun, riders' month0
- Jul, riders' month2
- Aug, riders' month2
- Sep, riders' month7
- Oct, riders' month2
- Nov13
- Dec10
windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)
Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
The model is wrong here
The model reads 13% of days at its best month, which does not sit with the season this record states. The figures are kept and drawn as hatching so no wind colour can be read off them, and the ringed months are the ones riders name.
| Month | Windy days | Force 4+ | 12 kn or more | Knots | From | Peaks at | Air | Water | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6% | 13% | 8% | 7.1 kt | ENE | 13:00 | 10.2°C | 16.5°C | 62 |
| Feb | 4% | 12% | 9% | 6.6 kt | W | 14:00 | 10.7°C | 15.1°C | 57 |
| Mar | 5% | 13% | 11% | 7.1 kt | W | 14:00 | 11.8°C | 15.2°C | 62 |
| Apr | 5% | 12% | 7% | 7.1 kt | W | 14:00 | 14.2°C | 16.6°C | 60 |
| May | 0% | 5% | 3% | 6.2 kt | W | 14:00 | 18.8°C | 19.7°C | 62 |
| Jun | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6 kt | W | 15:00 | 23.8°C | 24.3°C | 60 |
| Jul | 2% | 3% | 2% | 6.2 kt | W | 15:00 | 27.3°C | 27.7°C | 62 |
| Aug | 2% | 5% | 2% | 6.8 kt | W | 15:00 | 26.6°C | 27.8°C | 62 |
| Sep | 7% | 12% | 10% | 6.7 kt | W | 15:00 | 22.6°C | 25.6°C | 60 |
| Oct | 2% | 5% | 2% | 5.6 kt | W | 14:00 | 19.9°C | 23.5°C | 62 |
| Nov | 13% | 18% | 18% | 7.6 kt | ENE | 13:00 | 14.9°C | 20.6°C | 60 |
| Dec | 10% | 15% | 15% | 7 kt | ENE | 12:00 | 12.1°C | 17.9°C | 62 |
riders' months
Riders and schools name these months. The model reads lower here, and both are shown rather than averaged.
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
No depth profile has been published for the bay, and the bottom is boulder and rock rather than a sand shelf, so there is no wading area to learn in.In the bathing season a concessioned beach on this coast has to mark the limit of safe swimming — the 1.60 m depth line — with at least three white buoys laid parallel to the shore, so on a staffed stretch that buoy line is the practical edge of standing depth. Booties either way.
Tides
Small and semidiurnal, two highs and two lows a day. The swing reaches about 0.3-0.4 m at the top of the cycle and stays under 0.2 m on the quiet days, so it changes nothing about the launch or the rock.
Temperature
26.8°C summer · 13.6°C winter
Wetsuit
Warm-water gear through the summer, a full suit in winter on the local sea-temperature averages.
Your level
The scene
What riders come here for
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
On your own
Room to launch is not rated
Somewhere else
Cetara, 21 km
Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.
Rescue
VHF channel 16
Launch
Access is off the Pozzano junction toward Lido Lo Scoglio, a bay with a beach. Lido Lo Scoglio itself is an established beach club on Via Sorrentina with beach, terrace and platform, open daily 08:15 to 18:45 — which is to say the whole 13:00-18:00 thermal window falls inside club hours, and inside the swimmers.
Rules & access
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Wear booties: the bottom is boulder and rock.
- Ride the thermal window, roughly 13:00 to 18:00.
- Talk to Imparato Surf Beach or the beach club before launching in bathing season.
- Confirm an authorized corridor is active; ordinance n. 35/2026 otherwise keeps kites out of the swimmer zones.
- Coming from Naples: exit at Castellammare di Stabia, through two tunnels toward Sorrento, left at the Pozzano junction, then about 400 m to Lido Lo Scoglio.
- Ride the thermal window, roughly 13:00 to 18:00 — the same hours the beach club is open and full.
- The bathing-season ban runs third Saturday of May to third Sunday of September (2026). Outside those dates the 200 m swimmer zone stops applying.
- No kite corridor is named here in the 2026 ordinance, so assume you are in the swimmer zone unless someone shows you an authorisation.
- Bring the biggest kite you own. Forecasts of 8-13 kt for this coast run optimistic.
Getting there
Airport
Naples International Airport (NAP)
Route
Exit after Naples at Castellammare di Stabia, carry on through two tunnels toward Sorrento, turn left at the Pozzano junction and continue about 400 m to Lido Lo Scoglio.
Transfer
45 min
Cost level
medium
Staying
Hotels and B&Bs in Castellammare di Stabia, some of them near Lido Lo Scoglio.
No-wind days
Pompeii, Naples, the Sorrento coast, the Vesuvio views, and the beach club itself.
Photos
FAQ
Is Lido Lo Scoglio suitable for beginners?
Yes. Imparato Surf Beach runs kitesurf courses for beginners at this Campania bay from April to October, with proposals for other levels too.
What is the wind like at Lido Lo Scoglio?
The spot is powered by a W/NW thermal, typically filling from about 13:00 to 18:00, with W/NW frontal wind also possible; the water is flat with a rocky, boulder seabed.
When is the best time to kitesurf there?
April through October is the useful season, matching both the thermal wind window and the local kite school's course calendar.
Are there rules or restricted zones?
A 2026 Capitaneria di Porto ordinance bans kitesurf transit, anchoring and stopping in bathing zones except through authorized launch corridors, so riders should confirm the active corridor before rigging.
Last updated: August 2026