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Kite Beach Civitanova

also known as Civitanova Marche, Scuola Kite Civitanova, Kite Beach e Scuola Kite Civitanova

beginner-friendlyhigh crowds

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

Nearby Porto Potenza Picena 7 km · La Pineta 11 km · Marina Palmense 18 km · Numana 21 km · Portonovo 31 km · straight-line distance

SeasonMay to Septhe months riders and schools name How windy10-16 ktmixed Launchbigaccess rules on record, below Watersea26.5°C in summer · 8 things riders flag LevelBeginner to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools4named at this spot From the airportno transfer time publishedAncona (AOI)

When it fills in

No onset time is published for this spot.

Kite Beach Civitanova is the equipped school and test area on the beach south of the harbour at Civitanova Marche, the patch where Flysurfer gear gets tested and where most people here take a first lesson.

The water is central Adriatic chop with small wind waves, standable depth, no tide to plan around, and a long beach with room to lay lines out. Wind is light but rideable at 10-16 kt, best at 16-22 kt, and a heavier day at 22-28 kt when the chop turns disordered.

Working directions are Bora from NE, Levante from E and Scirocco from SE, with NNW and SSE running side-shore. The mole is the thing to respect: drift towards harbour concrete is a poor way to end a session. May-September is the listed season, though locals ride it off the forecast all year.

Summer brings bathers, a packed beach and a corridor whose exact 2026 text is not published for this launch.

The wind

locals call it Bora, Levante, Scirocco

Direction

cross-shoreNNW

Kite sizes

567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

mixed

Typical strength

10-16 kt light but navigable, 16-22 kt ideal, 22-28 kt stronger comfort range

Regular usable wind for local schools, with chop typical of the central Adriatic.

May-September is the best window given for the spot; locals also ride it year-round off the forecast, with no month list behind that.

The quiver, in words

Indicative for a 75-85 kg rider, read off the local wind bands rather than a rider survey: a 12 m on the 10-16 kt days, a 9 m through the 16-22 kt working range, a 7 m once it gets into 22-28 kt and the chop turns disordered. No measured or rider-reported sizes are published for this beach.

Direction to shore

NNW and SSE are listed as side-shore; Bora NE, Levante E and Scirocco SE are listed as Adriatic working directions.

Dominant direction

NNW, SSE, NE, E, SE

Forecast

Month by month

Jan23
Feb21
Mar23
Apr31
May, riders' month16
Jun, riders' month19
Jul, riders' month20
Aug, riders' month17
Sep, riders' month21
Oct16
Nov32
Dec26

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

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

9Jan11°
9Feb11°
10Mar13°
10Apr15°
9May19°
9Jun24°
10Jul28°
9Aug29°
10Sep26°
8Oct22°
10Nov17°
9Dec13°

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

Month	Force 4+	Knots	From	Air	Water
Jan	23%	9.1 kt	WNW	7.6°C	10.7°C
Feb	21%	8.9 kt	WNW	8.6°C	10.5°C
Mar	23%	9.5 kt	SSE	10.5°C	12.9°C
Apr	31%	10 kt	SSE	13°C	15.4°C
May	16%	9.1 kt	NW	18.4°C	18.7°C
Jun	19%	9.4 kt	SE	23.5°C	24°C
Jul	20%	9.5 kt	SE	26.8°C	28.1°C
Aug	17%	9.2 kt	NW	26.1°C	28.5°C
Sep	21%	9.6 kt	NW	21.6°C	25.8°C
Oct	16%	8.1 kt	SSE	18.5°C	21.8°C
Nov	32%	9.8 kt	WNW	12.7°C	16.8°C
Dec	26%	9.4 kt	WNW	9.2°C	12.5°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

standable

Tides

not tide dependent

Temperature

26.5°C summer · 11.1°C winter

Wetsuit

Lycra in May-September; wetsuit needed October-May.

11–29°C water

Central Adriatic chop with small wind waves along a long beach, and no tide to work around. Depth is workable and the waves stay modest until the wind picks up, when they start to matter.

Your level

beginnerintermediateadvanced

Every level rides here, and Eagles Point runs first lessons on this beach. A beginner still has the harbour structures and the summer bathers to think about, and the chop gets messy once the wind builds.

The scene

What riders come here for

learningfreeridesmall waveschop practicegear testing

Urban beach and local school scene; convenient and sociable, but packed in summer.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

4 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: big

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Porto Potenza Picena, 7 km

Porto Potenza Picena La Pineta Marina Palmense

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

Rescue

+39 0733 810395

No kite-specific rescue. Through the bathing season the concessions and the town must keep a lifeguard on duty every day for at least eight continuous hours, 10:00 to 18:00, with the periods and hours posted at the beach access; outside that window the rule is a red flag and a sign saying the service is not running, which is exactly the sort of day a kiter turns up on.

At sea the numbers are 1530, the coast guard blue number, and 112; the Civitanova Marche harbour office is on +39 0733 810395.

Launch

Equipped Kite Beach area at Civitanova Marche used for Flysurfer equipment testing and first kitesurf lessons; the riding beach is south of the harbour.

Space

big

Rules & access

2026: the bathing-safety ordinance for the Civitanova Marche maritime district (prot. 11 of 9 May 2026, covering Civitanova Marche, Potenza Picena and Porto Recanati, replacing no. 9/2025) reserves the strip of sea 300 m out from the waterline for bathers through the bathing season and forbids any craft inside it, kite-surf named alongside surf and windsurf. The only way across that strip is a marked public launch corridor, and swimming inside those corridors is banned in turn. The season is fixed by national law as the third week of May to the third week of September, with the region free to move either end by one week. Under the Ancona compartment navigation-limits ordinance 26/2023, kite-surf may work out to 1 nautical mile (1,852 m) from the coast and must stay at least 500 m off during the season, entering and leaving on a course perpendicular to the beach at minimum speed in displacement trim without wake; the speed ceiling in the inshore strip is 10 kt. Standing or riding on the breakwaters and harbour works is banned all year, and bathing is banned within 150 m of harbour mouths and inside a 300 m circle around the red light on the head of the east mole extension. The ordinance sets the corridor rules but does not publish where the corridor for this beach sits.

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

Rider tips

Stay well clear of the harbour mole, especially when the wind has any drift towards it.
In June-August, confirm the current launch corridor and rig away from the beach users.
Take a first session with the local school rather than launching alone on an urban beach.
Lycra is enough May-September; from October to May bring the wetsuit.
In season, stay outside 500 m and cross the inshore strip only through a marked corridor, perpendicular to the beach and slowly.
Lifeguards are on the beach 10:00 to 18:00 through the bathing season; before and after that nobody is watching the water.

Getting there

Airport

Ancona (AOI) about 60 km; Rimini (RMI) about 155 km; Florence (FLR) about 275 km

Route

Drive south from Ancona, exit at Civitanova Marche and head for the beach south of the harbour, where the schools are based.

Staying

Urban seaside accommodation in Civitanova Marche; no kite-specific lodging.

No-wind days

Civitanova Marche seafront, restaurants and shopping, Porto Sant'Elpidio/Fermo day trips, SUP and other beach activities.

Photos

Mare di settembre - panoramio — Marco Pignotti, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

Is Kite Beach Civitanova suitable for beginners?

Yes, the spot is used for first kitesurf lessons and equipment testing, though beginners should watch for harbour structures and summer chop.

When is the best time to kite at Civitanova?

May through September brings the most usable wind, including Bora, Levante and Scirocco conditions typical of the central Adriatic.

Are there kite schools nearby?

Yes, several schools including Eagles Point and Scuola Kite Civitanova operate at this beach.

What are the main hazards?

The harbour mole and summer beach users are the main hazards, along with disordered chop when the wind strengthens.

Last updated: August 2026