Nearby Milano Marittima 8 km · Lido di Savio 13 km · 39 Beach Rimini 21 km · Rimini Bagno 78 23 km · Vela Club Marano 28 km · Riccione Spiaggia 151 29 km · Punta Marina 29 km · Marina di Ravenna 34 km · Cattolica Circolo Nautico 37 km · straight-line distance
When it fills in
In summer you ride early morning or around sunset, around the beach establishments' hours. No precise daily thermal onset is published.
The wind
locals call it Scirocco, Grecale, Bora, Tramontana
Direction
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
Character
mixed
fills in: In summer you ride early morning or around sunset, around the beach establishments' hours. No precise daily thermal onset is published.
Typical strength
Summer SE thermals of 8-14 knots, boosted to around 20 knots if there is SE wind in the Adriatic; N/NE onshore and side-onshore winds can vary from 8-35 knots or more.
Also on record
10-15
The quiver, in words
Indicative for a 75-85 kg rider, sized off the wind ranges rather than measured here. The 8-14 knot summer thermal is 15-17 m or foil territory, and 12 m only once a Scirocco pushes it past 18 knots. Around 20 knots takes 10-12 m.The 25-35 knot N/NE systems take 7-9 m. Locals count 12-13 knots as a big day between April and September, so the light-wind end of the quiver is what actually gets used.
Direction to shore
Side to side-on for SE, N/NE and E sectors at the Cesenatico beaches; S can be slightly side-off and turbulent near buildings at Ponente.
Dominant direction
SE thermal/Scirocco, NE Grecale/Bora, N to NE Tramontana/Bora
Forecast
Month by month
- Jan8
- Feb9
- Mar, riders' month23
- Apr, riders' month13
- May, riders' month13
- Jun8
- Jul8
- Aug10
- Sep, riders' month15
- Oct, riders' month15
- Nov, riders' month12
- Dec10
windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)
Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 8%Jan8°
- 9%Feb9°
- 23%Mar12°
- 13%Apr15°
- 13%May19°
- 8%Jun24°
- 8%Jul28°
- 10%Aug29°
- 15%Sep25°
- 15%Oct21°
- 12%Nov15°
- 10%Dec11°
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 | 8% | 24% | 19% | 9 kt | W | 10:00 | 5.4°C | 8.2°C | 62 |
| Feb | 9% | 18% | 16% | 7.4 kt | W | 14:00 | 7.1°C | 8.6°C | 57 |
| Mar | 23% | 39% | 32% | 9.9 kt | E | 15:00 | 10°C | 12.2°C | 62 |
| Apr | 13% | 32% | 27% | 10 kt | ESE | 14:00 | 12.7°C | 15.3°C | 60 |
| May | 13% | 19% | 18% | 9.8 kt | ENE | 15:00 | 18°C | 19°C | 62 |
| Jun | 8% | 23% | 18% | 9.6 kt | E | 15:00 | 23.4°C | 24.3°C | 60 |
| Jul | 8% | 26% | 18% | 10.4 kt | ESE | 15:00 | 26.3°C | 28.2°C | 62 |
| Aug | 10% | 18% | 16% | 9.4 kt | ENE | 15:00 | 25.5°C | 28.8°C | 62 |
| Sep | 15% | 35% | 25% | 10.3 kt | E | 14:00 | 21°C | 25°C | 60 |
| Oct | 15% | 27% | 24% | 9.2 kt | ENE | 15:00 | 17.7°C | 20.8°C | 62 |
| Nov | 12% | 28% | 20% | 9.5 kt | W | 11:00 | 10.4°C | 15.3°C | 60 |
| Dec | 10% | 26% | 21% | 9.2 kt | W | 11:00 | 6.7°C | 10.6°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
flat, chop and small waves; locally flatter behind breakwater barriers
Standing depth
About 50 m of standing-depth water is reported at the Cesenatico Windsurf Club corridor. Nothing published for Valverde.
Tides
Normally ridden as tide independent, the Adriatic range here being small. What counts as the best tide differs between the two sides of town: low at Ponente/La Madonnina, high at Levante/Valverde. Neither is settled.
Temperature
26.5°C summer · 9°C winter
Wetsuit
Boardshorts in summer; 3/2 or thicker in spring/autumn; drysuit or thick winter wetsuit for cold strong-wind winter sessions.
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
3 schools name this spot
On your own
Room to launch: Medium at Valverde beach establishments; bigger at the Windsurf Club/Ponente area.
Somewhere else
Milano Marittima, 8 km
Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.
Rescue
Launch
For the 2026 bathing season, the Comune di Cesenatico formally recorded (30 April 2026, protocol 20727/2026) the reactivation of an exclusive kitesurf launch corridor in front of the Via Magellano free beach on Spiaggia di Ponente, run by Circolo Wind Surf Cesenatico under the same demanial authorization first issued in 2014 and renewed every season since; the corridor runs from the shoreline to the outer limit of the bathing-reserved zone.No equivalent 2026 corridor document exists for Bagno Schiuma/Valverde, so the documented legal 2026 launch point for Cesenatico is Ponente/Via Magellano, not Valverde.
Space
Medium at Valverde beach establishments; bigger at the Windsurf Club/Ponente area.
Rules & access
- 2026: the Comune di Cesenatico recorded on 30 April 2026, protocol 0020727/2026, the installation for the 2026 bathing season of a launch corridor for exclusive kite-surf use in the water in front of the Via Magellano free beach on the Spiaggia di Ponente, running from the shoreline to the outer limit of the bathing-reserved zone. It rests on demanial authorization protocol 16.262 of 6 May 2014, first granted for the 2014 season and reactivated each year since on a simple notice of activation; the 2026 notice from Circolo Wind Surf Cesenatico was protocol 20.435 of 29 April 2026. The framework behind it is regional bathing ordinance 1/2019 as amended through 2025, article 10 of the Comune's maritime-demanial areas regulation approved by council deliberation n. 32 of 19 July 2021, and article 13 of municipal supplementary bathing ordinance n. 141 of 8 May 2025; maritime-authority navigation-safety prescriptions apply on top.
- 2026: Emilia-Romagna DGR n. 561 of 20 April 2026 sets the monitored bathing season from 16 May to 27 September, and the regional bathing ordinance in BURERT n. 110/2026 puts beach-establishment activity from the Saturday before Easter to 2 November and bathing-service activity from the third weekend of May to the third weekend of September. No 2026 kite-corridor document exists for Valverde. The lane is reportedly open to riders who are not club members, unconfirmed for 2026. Elsewhere on this coast the restrictions bite: riding off a tourist beach in summer has drawn fines in Rimini.
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Confirm which side you are riding: Valverde/Bagno Schiuma and the official Ponente/Via Magellano corridor are opposite ends of Cesenatico.
- Come in spring or autumn for space and for stronger, cleaner sessions.
- In June, July and August plan around the beach establishments and the authorized corridor; do not count on open beach launching.
- Stay off the parallel stone breakwaters even when the water behind them is flatter.
- With south wind at Ponente, rig close to the water: the buildings behind the beach make holes and turbulence.
- Ride Ponente/La Madonnina at low tide; the rest of Cesenatico is tide independent.
Getting there
Airport
Rimini Federico Fellini Airport (RMI) is the closest listed international airport; Forli (FRL) and Bologna (BLQ) are alternatives.
Route
Cesenatico is on the Rimini-Ravenna railway line, with direct trains from Bologna Centrale and A14 exits for the car. From Bologna airport you continue by car or shuttle.
Transfer
About 25-30 minutes by car from Rimini airport. Bologna Airport is about 105-106 km away, roughly 1 h 14 min by car or about 2 h 25 min by public transport.
Cost level
medium in shoulder season; medium-high in July-August
Staying
Cesenatico, Valverde and Villamarina have extensive hotels, apartments and beach establishments along the Romagna resort strip.
No-wind days
Cesenatico canal port and maritime museum · beach clubs · cycling on the Romagna coast · SUP and windsurf lessons · Rimini · Ravenna mosaics · local seafood restaurants
Photos
FAQ
When is the best time to kitesurf at Cesenatico?
Spring and autumn are recommended for more space and stronger, cleaner wind; summer brings a lighter daily SE thermal but usable beach area shrinks sharply with tourism.
Is Cesenatico suitable for beginners?
Yes with school support: local courses cover beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, with the widest launch and landing space at the Windsurf Club/Ponente area.
What is the wind like at Cesenatico?
Summer SE thermals run about 8-14 knots; N/NE and E onshore winds are cooler and more variable, ranging from about 8 to 35 knots or more.
Are there kite schools nearby?
Windsurf Club Cesenatico, plus Bagno Schiuma and Bagno Snoopy at Valverde, operate in the area.
Are there rules or launch corridors?
For 2026, Cesenatico's Comune noted an authorized kite-surf launch corridor at Via Magellano on Spiaggia di Ponente; no equivalent Valverde-specific corridor was confirmed.
Last updated: August 2026