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Sardegna · Sinis peninsula, west Sardinia · Aristanis/Oristano · San Giovanni di Sinis

Funtana Meiga

also known as Funtanameiga

advanced onlymedium crowds

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On this page

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

Nearby Stagno di Mistras 8 km · Capo Mannu 9 km · Torre Grande 9 km · straight-line distance

SeasonMar to Octthe months riders and schools name How windy25-30 knotsmixed LaunchConflicting descriptions: a big sandy beach, effectively no beach with a low rocky shoreline, and a little beach. Unconfirmed.access rules on record, below Watersea25.3°C in summer · 12 things riders flag LevelIntermediate to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools3named at this spot From the airport85 minCagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)

When it fills in

Thermal wind can drop suddenly in the evening. Onset time is unconfirmed.

Funtana Meiga is a wave spot on the Sinis peninsula west of Oristano, next to San Giovanni di Sinis, with small to medium waves breaking over reef. Best direction is NW/Mistrale: the Mistral comes in clean and cross-shore, while north wind turns it cross-off and gusty.

The waves are smaller than at Capo Mannu and the wind is more consistent, which is the trade you make by coming here. On the big days, Maestrale above 25-30 knots, it breaks in 1-3 m formed waves over several rocky peaks.

Accounts of the launch and the bottom contradict each other, sand and an easy entry in some, a low rock shelf with urchins in others, but reef, rocks, urchins and current are all well supported. It sits inside the Area Marina Protetta del Sinis, so check the zone rules before you drive out. This is an intermediate-to-advanced wave spot, not a school beach.

The wind

locals call it Maestrale

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

mixed

fills in: Thermal wind can drop suddenly in the evening. Onset time is unconfirmed.

Typical strength

25-30 knots and up in Maestrale is what the spot is for, and it works almost only in Maestrale and Ponente. On those days the wave runs 1-3 m over the rock peaks. No moderate-wind range is confirmed.

Best in Mistral/Maestrale, windier or more consistent than Capo Mannu on big days, with cleaner cross-shore wind in NW; N can be gusty.

March through October is the working stretch, with summer wind from Maestrale and the thermal sea breeze. The stronger Maestrale wave days are what the spot is really for.

Thermal or synoptic

thermal and frontal

The quiver, in words

No local size guidance is published. The 25-30 knot Maestrale days the spot exists for put a 75-85 kg rider on roughly 7-9 m; a lighter 18-22 knot afternoon takes 9-11 m. Indicative, derived from the published wind figures rather than from measured local use.

Direction to shore

NW/Maestrale is cross-shore; N is cross-off or side-off and more gusty; W and SW are onshore/side.

Dominant direction

N, SE, NW

Forecast

Month by month

riding season from the spot record · no wind series here is trusted enough to name a season

Jan37
Feb23
Mar, riders' month35
Apr, riders' month40
May, riders' month21
Jun, riders' month32
Jul, riders' month31
Aug, riders' month26
Sep, riders' month27
Oct, riders' month29
Nov38
Dec47

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

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

The model is wrong here

The model reads 47% of days at its best month, which does not sit with the season and the wind strength 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	37%	52%	47%	12.7 kt	NW	13:00	11.3°C	15.2°C	62
Feb	23%	42%	32%	10.3 kt	ESE	13:00	11.3°C	14.6°C	57
Mar	35%	58%	45%	12.6 kt	NW	13:00	13.1°C	15.2°C	62
Apr	40%	50%	45%	13.2 kt	NW	15:00	15°C	16.3°C	60
May	21%	39%	35%	10.4 kt	NW	16:00	18.8°C	18.9°C	62
Jun	32%	47%	40%	11 kt	NNW	16:00	23.7°C	22.6°C	60
Jul	31%	50%	39%	11.7 kt	NW	16:00	26.6°C	25°C	62
Aug	26%	40%	29%	11.4 kt	NW	16:00	26.3°C	25.6°C	62
Sep	27%	48%	40%	11.9 kt	NNW	16:00	23.7°C	23.8°C	60
Oct	29%	40%	34%	11 kt	ESE	13:00	20.9°C	22.4°C	62
Nov	38%	52%	45%	12.4 kt	E	12:00	16.8°C	20°C	60
Dec	47%	60%	55%	13.7 kt	NW	13:00	13°C	16.7°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 measured depth. Three separate rock tables lie about 300 m off the shore and make the three peaks, so the shallow water here is rock rather than a sandbank you would choose to stand on. Descriptions of the entry conflict: shallow sand, shallow enough to touch down a foil, against a low rock shelf with urchins.Unconfirmed.

Tides

Listed as tide independent.

Temperature

25.3°C summer · 14.6°C winter

Wetsuit

Summer is generally shorts or shorty; spring and autumn shorty/normal wetsuit; winter normal to thick wetsuit. Data for nearby San Giovanni di Sinis gives peak water 24-28 C in mid August and 13-14 C around early March.

Currents

Strong current can make getting back to shore difficult in big conditions.

15–26°C water

Small to medium reef waves on the Sinis coast. The shore itself is disputed: sand and an easy entry in some accounts, a rocky bottom with urchins and a small, awkward launch in others.

Your level

not for beginners hereintermediateadvanced

Ratings for this spot run the whole range, with intermediate given elsewhere as the minimum. Reef, rocks, urchins, current and wave size keep coming up, so this record does not treat Funtana Meiga as a reliable beginner-teaching beach.

The scene

What riders come here for

wavefreeridejumpingstrapless

Quieter than north Sardinia resort spots, with a local wave/windsurf feel; normally not very crowded.

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

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: Conflicting descriptions: a big sandy beach, effectively no beach with a low rocky shoreline, and a little beach. Unconfirmed.

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Stagno di Mistras, 8 km

Stagno di Mistras Capo Mannu Torre Grande

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

Rescue

No dedicated rescue service is confirmed. Open sea, waves and current mean you plan your own way back in.

Launch

Launch from the Funtana Meiga shore west of San Giovanni di Sinis, at the north end of the little beach. From Oristano head north for Torre Grande, follow the signs for San Giovanni di Sinis, and turn right for Funtana Meiga about 300 m before the village.What you find at the water is disputed: a low line of rock shelf in one account, sand in another. Three rocky tables sit roughly 300 m out and form the peaks. There are no services at the spot.

Space

Conflicting descriptions: a big sandy beach, effectively no beach with a low rocky shoreline, and a little beach. Unconfirmed.

Rules & access

2026: the Sardinian regional coastal ordinance sets the summer coastal season from 1 April to 31 October and, following the 2025 national infrastructure decree, fixes the bathing-safety season from the third week of May to the third week of September. Inside it a 5 m strip from the waterline, measured against mean summer sea level rather than the low-tide line, must stay clear for free transit; marked launch and landing corridors are public and must be used as the authorising act prescribes, with bathing, mooring and anchoring inside them prohibited; motor vehicles are banned from the beach all year and from the dunes entirely; beach games and casual sport are prohibited within 15 m of the waterline; and turtle-nesting protections can close off stretches of sand. The spot sits inside the Area Marina Protetta Penisola del Sinis - Isola di Mal di Ventre, governed by the 2011 zoning decree with a 2023 supplementary regulation covering fees and penalties. Zone A is the integral reserve around Mal di Ventre and Catalano rock, zone B the waters off Torre del Sevo out to about 1,000 m plus parts of Mal di Ventre, and zone C the rest of the protected sea. The published zone descriptions do not name kitesurf and Funtana Meiga's zone was not confirmed; the area office answers on +39 0783 391097. No Funtana Meiga-specific kite permission, corridor or ban is confirmed.

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

Rider tips

Check the Sinis marine-protected-area zone rules and the posted beach signs before you rig.
Take NW/Maestrale as the reference direction and expect a gustier, more offshore day when it swings north.
Wear booties: the access and the shallows have rock and urchins.
Bring your own water and food, because there are no services at the spot.
Respect the current when the wave size is up; getting back in is the hard part on a big day.
The peaks sit about 300 m out over rock. Know where they are before you ride downwind of them.
If the zoning matters for your plan, ring the marine-area office on +39 0783 391097 rather than guessing from the map.

Getting there

Airport

Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)

Route

Reach Oristano via SS131, then drive west toward San Giovanni di Sinis and follow signs/right turn for Funtana Meiga shortly before the village; a car is the practical option.

Transfer

85 min

Cost level

medium, higher in July-August

Staying

Use Cabras, San Giovanni di Sinis, Funtana Meiga holiday rentals, Torre Grande or Oristano as bases; services are limited at the spot itself outside season.

No-wind days

Tharros, San Giovanni di Sinis, Sinis beaches, Cabras wetlands, snorkeling on calm days, Oristano, SUP and coastal walks.

Photos

Spiaggia di Mari Ermi - panoramio — gian luca bucci, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

When is the best time to kite at Funtana Meiga?

The season runs March to October, with the spot working best when Maestrale blows above 25-30 knots.

Is Funtana Meiga suitable for beginners?

No, this record treats it as intermediate to advanced because of reef, rocks, sea urchins and current, despite some sources listing it for any level.

What is the wind like at Funtana Meiga?

Maestrale from the northwest is the clean cross-shore direction, while north wind is more gusty and cross-off to side-off.

What hazards should riders know about?

Hazards include reef, rocks on the seabed and sea urchins, with a strong current reported that can make returning to shore difficult in big conditions.

Last updated: August 2026