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Fusaro / Lido Fusaro

also known as Torregaveta

beginner-friendly

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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
FAQ

Nearby Capo Miseno 5 km · Varcaturo 9 km · Ischitella / Lido Don Pablo 14 km · Castellammare di Stabia / Lido Lo Scoglio 38 km · straight-line distance

SeasonApr to Septhe months riders and schools name How windy10-30synoptic Launchmediumaccess rules on record, below Watersea26.8°C in summer · 10 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.

Fusaro sits on the Campania coast at Torregaveta, west of Pozzuoli, about 20 km from Naples. The water is shallow off the sand, with chop and small waves, and tide is not a factor. Ponente comes in side-onshore and Libeccio onshore from the south-west, while Scirocco from the south-east is side-offshore, which is the direction to think twice about.

Wind runs 10-30 knots when it runs. The beach is short in one description and long with plenty of room in another, and nobody has settled it.

Kitesurfing is forbidden in summer, with no year given for that rule, and the 2011 Guardia Costiera ordinance for the Naples area requires authorized 300 m launch corridors and a body drag or minimum speed out to 150 m from shore. Whether a corridor is actually authorized at this beach now is unconfirmed. Come outside the bathing season and ask before you rig.

The wind

locals call it Ponente, Scirocco, Libeccio

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

567891011121314

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

synoptic

Typical strength

10-30

March to November is the fair-weather stretch and April to September the useful window. What shapes the practical season is the bathing rule rather than the wind: through the bathing season, which runs from the third Saturday of May to the third Sunday of September where no local body sets its own dates, no kite may navigate inside 200 m of the sand between 07:00 and 20:00.

The quiver, in words

Indicative for a 75-85 kg rider, worked from the 10-30 kt local range rather than measured on this beach: 12 m at the bottom of it, 9 m around 20 kt, 7 m at 25-30 kt. In side-offshore Scirocco take the smaller of any two options.

Direction to shore

W/Ponente side-onshore, S side-shore, SE/Scirocco side-offshore, SW/Libeccio onshore

Dominant direction

W, S, SE, SW

Forecast

Month by month

Jan44
Feb38
Mar40
Apr, riders' month40
May, riders' month33
Jun, riders' month14
Jul, riders' month14
Aug, riders' month20
Sep, riders' month33
Oct23
Nov41
Dec34

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

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

10Jan17°
10Feb15°
11Mar15°
11Apr17°
10May20°
9Jun25°
9Jul28°
10Aug28°
10Sep26°
9Oct24°
11Nov21°
10Dec18°

avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted

Month	Force 4+	Knots	From	Air	Water
Jan	44%	10.4 kt	NE	10.3°C	16.5°C
Feb	38%	10.3 kt	NE	10.9°C	15.1°C
Mar	40%	10.9 kt	SE	12.2°C	15.3°C
Apr	40%	10.5 kt	W	14.4°C	16.7°C
May	33%	9.5 kt	SSE	19°C	19.7°C
Jun	14%	8.8 kt	W	23.9°C	24.5°C
Jul	14%	9.4 kt	W	27.5°C	27.7°C
Aug	20%	9.5 kt	W	26.9°C	28°C
Sep	33%	10.3 kt	SSE	23°C	25.6°C
Oct	23%	8.7 kt	SE	20.1°C	23.5°C
Nov	41%	11.1 kt	NE	15.2°C	20.5°C
Dec	34%	9.9 kt	NE	12.3°C	17.9°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

sea

Standing depth

shallow access

Tides

tide independent

Temperature

26.8°C summer · 14.5°C winter

Wetsuit

shorty in spring and autumn, shorts in summer, full wetsuit in winter

15–28°C water

Water is shallow with chop and small waves. Scirocco can give flat water with formed waves offshore, while Sud, Libeccio and Ponente give rougher sea depending on intensity.

Your level

beginnerintermediateadvanced

The spot is rated for every level, but the side-offshore Scirocco and the short beach make it a poor place for an unsupervised beginner.

The scene

What riders come here for

freeridesmall waves

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

Capo Miseno, 5 km

Capo Miseno Varcaturo Ischitella / Lido Don Pablo

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

Rescue

No kite-specific rescue. Through the bathing season the body managing a free beach must run a lifeguard service, so cover exists in summer, but it is aimed at swimmers inside the buoys in the same hours when you are not allowed to ride there. Offshore, the coastguard is 1530, free to call, or 112.

Launch

Sandy beach north of Torregaveta and Lido Fusaro. Its size is disputed, described both as a long beach with medium size and plenty of space, and as short.

Space

medium

Hazards riders report 10

short beach
Summer kitesurf ban, year unconfirmed.
Short beach, reportedly.
side-offshore Scirocco
possible conflicts with bathing-season restrictions
Side-offshore Scirocco from the south-east
Beach length is disputed, short in one account and long with plenty of room in another; assume tight until you see it
Through the bathing season, from the third Saturday of May to the third Sunday of September, the first 200 m of water is closed to kites between 07:00 and 20:00
Chop and small waves over a shallow bottom
Licensed beach concessions: landing in the water in front of a lido is forbidden

Rules & access

2025: the bathing-safety ordinance for the Naples maritime district, number 54 of 9 May 2025, governs this coast. Where the local managing body sets no dates, the bathing season runs from the third Saturday of May to the third Sunday of September. Inside the zone reserved to bathers, 200 m out from a beach and 100 m off rocky coast, no craft may navigate between 07:00 and 20:00, with windsurf and kitesurf named explicitly. That is the summer closure riders talk about. Landing a kite in the water in front of a licensed beach concession is forbidden outright; on free beach you may land only when nobody is in the landing area; and riding must stay 60 m clear of bathers and of moving or moored boats. Bathing inside a marked launch corridor is banned year round. The ordinance prints 112 and the free coastguard line 1530 as the emergency numbers. An earlier 2011 ordinance for the Naples area set 300 m authorized launch and landing corridors with body drag or minimum speed out to 150 m; whether such a corridor is currently authorized at this beach is unconfirmed.

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

Rider tips

Ask locally about the summer ban before you drive out; the dates and the legal basis are both unclear.
Treat SE Scirocco as side-offshore here and stay off it without cover.
Give yourself extra room on the sand, because the launch is reported short.
If a corridor is marked, launch and land through it and body drag out to 150 m before you ride.
Check the bathing-season dates for this stretch before you drive out. With no local dates set they run from the third Saturday of May to the third Sunday of September, and inside them the first 200 m of water is closed to kites from 07:00 to 20:00.
Land on free sand and only when the landing area is clear. The water in front of a licensed lido is off limits for landing.
Keep 60 m between you and any swimmer or boat once you are riding.

Getting there

Airport

Naples International Airport (nearest major airport, inferred from the Naples/Pozzuoli location)

Route

Go west from Naples to Pozzuoli, then Torregaveta, with the beach to the north; it is about 20 km from Naples and can also be reached by metropolitan rail.

FAQ

When is the best time to kite at Fusaro?

Good weather is reported March to November, with usable W, S, SE and SW winds mainly through April-September.

Is Fusaro suitable for beginners?

Sources list it from beginner to expert, but a side-offshore Scirocco and a short-beach warning mean unsupervised beginners should take care.

What is the wind like at Fusaro?

Wind ranges about 10-30 knots from Ponente, Scirocco or Libeccio; Scirocco is reported side-offshore here while Libeccio is onshore.

Are there rules or restricted zones?

A 2011 Naples-area Coast Guard ordinance requires kite launches through authorized 300 m corridors, and one source reports the spot is forbidden for kitesurf in summer without giving a year.

Last updated: August 2026