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Cattolica Circolo Nautico
also known as Circolo Nautico Cattolica, CN Cattolica
Nearby Riccione Spiaggia 151 9 km · Vela Club Marano 9 km · Rimini Bagno 78 14 km · 39 Beach Rimini 16 km · Cesenatico (Valverde) 37 km · straight-line distance
When it fills in
Not thermally driven, so there is no daily clock. A Bora or Scirocco event runs through the day and can hold overnight. On calm summer days a modest sea breeze fills in during the afternoon, and afternoons are the most reliable window across the year.
The wind
Direction
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
Character
mixed
fills in: Not thermally driven, so there is no daily clock. A Bora or Scirocco event runs through the day and can hold overnight. On calm summer days a modest sea breeze fills in during the afternoon, and afternoons are the most reliable window across the year.
Typical strength
The long-run stations at Cattolica and Riccione average 3-4 kt over the year, but both are inactive, so those figures understate the usable days. The working local threshold is about 15 kt, the point where beach umbrellas start coming down.
The quiver, in words
Indicative, no local report: for 75-85 kg a 12 m covers the 15-18 kt days that actually get people off the beach, a 9 m the 20-25 kt Bora and Scirocco events, and it takes a 15 m or a foil to turn a summer sea breeze into a session.
Direction to shore
The beach faces north-east. Bora comes straight onshore. Levante from the east and Scirocco from the south-east run side-onshore along the sand. Garbino and Ponente blow off the land, and there is nothing downwind of you when they do.
Dominant direction
No single dominant direction. Rideable days come from gradient events: Bora out of the north-east, Scirocco out of the south-east, occasional straight Levante from the east. Garbino and Ponente, from the south-west and west, are the offshore ones.
Forecast
Month by month
- Jan43
- Feb25
- Mar38
- Apr38
- May, riders' month28
- Jun, riders' month21
- Jul, riders' month23
- Aug, riders' month18
- Sep, riders' month37
- Oct, riders' month24
- Nov36
- Dec40
per cent of the month at force 4 or more
Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- 11Jan9°
- 9Feb9°
- 10Mar12°
- 11Apr15°
- 10May19°
- 9Jun25°
- 9Jul29°
- 9Aug29°
- 11Sep25°
- 9Oct21°
- 11Nov16°
- 11Dec11°
avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted
| Month | Force 4+ | Knots | From | Air | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43% | 10.7 kt | WNW | 6.7°C | 8.5°C |
| Feb | 25% | 9.1 kt | WNW | 8°C | 8.8°C |
| Mar | 38% | 10 kt | SSW | 10.5°C | 12.3°C |
| Apr | 38% | 10.6 kt | NW | 12.9°C | 15.4°C |
| May | 28% | 9.5 kt | NW | 18°C | 19.2°C |
| Jun | 21% | 9.2 kt | SSE | 23.3°C | 24.6°C |
| Jul | 23% | 9.4 kt | ESE | 26.5°C | 28.6°C |
| Aug | 18% | 9.1 kt | NW | 25.9°C | 28.9°C |
| Sep | 37% | 10.6 kt | SSW | 21.5°C | 25.1°C |
| Oct | 24% | 9.3 kt | WNW | 18.5°C | 20.9°C |
| Nov | 36% | 10.7 kt | WNW | 11.8°C | 15.7°C |
| Dec | 40% | 10.5 kt | WNW | 8.4°C | 11°C |
modelled
A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.
Modelled from weather reanalysis on a 10–25 km grid (2022-2024), not a ground station: reliable for trade and synoptic winds, understates thermal sea breezes and valley winds. 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.
ERA5 reanalysis grid point (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical weather API — ECMWF ERA5/ERA5-Land reanalysis, not a ground station · 2022-2024
The water
Type
flat
Standing depth
Sand bottom that shelves very slowly. Along this stretch it is a long wade before the water reaches your waist, which is forgiving for a lesson and tedious for anything else. Indicative for the coast, not measured at the club frontage.
Tides
Adriatic micro-tide, semidiurnal, mean range about 34 cm. It does not shape a session here.
Temperature
28°C summer · 9°C winter
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
2 schools name this spot
On your own
Room to launch: tight
Somewhere else
Riccione Spiaggia 151, 9 km
Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.
Rescue
Launch
You launch from the club's own north-beach frontage, beside the mouth of the Canale Ventena and Parco Le Navi. Along this stretch of coast real riding generally starts only beyond a line of tightly-packed breakwaters close to shore.
Space
tight
Rules & access
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Write to info@cncattolica.it before you drive: nothing about the launch arrangement is published, and the club runs the beach.
- Book lessons straight with the club. A single one-hour water lesson was €50 in 2026.
- Come between 1 May and 15 October; outside those dates the kite programme is not running.
- Plan on riding outside the line of close-set breakwaters, not on the strip inside them.
- Keep clear of the Canale Ventena mouth next to the launch; boats use it.
Getting there
Staying
Cattolica, Riccione and Rimini run one continuous strip of beach hotels and campsites.
FAQ
When is the best time to kitesurf at Cattolica?
The club's kite activity runs from May to October.
Are there kite schools or rental at Cattolica?
Circolo Nautico Cattolica, on Via Carducci 118, offers single kitesurf lessons and has equipped storage and beach access for boards and sailing craft.
Is Cattolica suitable for beginners?
Yes, the club caters to beginner and intermediate riders from its beach area on the north side of town beside the Ventena canal.
Last updated: August 2026