Nearby Spiaggia di Barricata 17 km · Marina di Ravenna 34 km · Punta Marina 38 km · straight-line distance
When it fills in
Summer thermal is often present from the early afternoon.
The wind
Direction
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
Character
mixed
fills in: Summer thermal is often present from the early afternoon.
Typical strength
10-15 knots for the common summer SE thermal in the early afternoon.
The quiver, in words
Nothing is published by rider weight. The school teaches on four-line kites from 7 to 13 m, chosen for the day, which brackets what the spot normally asks for.On the usual 10-15 knot summer SE thermal a 75-85 kg rider sits at the top of that band or above it, so a 13 m and up, or a foil; the 9-11 m comes out on the spring and autumn fronts. Indicative sizes, derived from the local wind range rather than from a published local recommendation.
Direction to shore
SE to NE is side-shore to side-onshore.
Dominant direction
NE, E, SE and S are listed for the spot; the optimal sector is SE to NE.
Forecast
Month by month
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
riding season from the spot record · no wind series here is trusted enough to name a season
- Jan10
- Feb7
- Mar, riders' month3
- Apr, riders' month8
- May, riders' month10
- Jun, riders' month2
- Jul3
- Aug8
- Sep12
- Oct, riders' month13
- Nov, riders' month13
- Dec8
windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)
Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Oct, Nov.
The model is wrong here
The model reads 13% 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 | 10% | 18% | 15% | 8.2 kt | WNW | 10:00 | 4.9°C | 7.8°C | 62 |
| Feb | 7% | 14% | 12% | 7.4 kt | WNW | 13:00 | 6.7°C | 8.1°C | 57 |
| Mar | 3% | 26% | 21% | 9.2 kt | SE | 15:00 | 10.2°C | 12°C | 62 |
| Apr | 8% | 30% | 25% | 10 kt | ESE | 15:00 | 13°C | 15.1°C | 60 |
| May | 10% | 23% | 19% | 9.9 kt | SE | 15:00 | 18.5°C | 18.9°C | 62 |
| Jun | 2% | 23% | 17% | 9.6 kt | SE | 15:00 | 23.5°C | 24.1°C | 60 |
| Jul | 3% | 23% | 11% | 9.9 kt | SE | 16:00 | 26.9°C | 28.1°C | 62 |
| Aug | 8% | 24% | 16% | 9.9 kt | SE | 16:00 | 26°C | 28.6°C | 62 |
| Sep | 12% | 35% | 27% | 10.2 kt | ESE | 15:00 | 21.3°C | 25.1°C | 60 |
| Oct | 13% | 23% | 19% | 9.1 kt | SE | 14:00 | 17.8°C | 20.7°C | 62 |
| Nov | 13% | 23% | 22% | 9.2 kt | WNW | 11:00 | 10°C | 15.1°C | 60 |
| Dec | 8% | 23% | 15% | 8.7 kt | WNW | 11:00 | 6.3°C | 10.4°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
You can stand a very long way out. Off the club the sand shelves so gently that the water is about 1 m deep some 100 m from the edge, roughly 1.5 m at 300-400 m, and it only passes 2 m around 900 m out, still under 3 m at 1.5 km.Those depths are read from hydrographic charting rather than measured on the beach, and sandbars and the tide shift them, which is part of why high water is the better half of the day.
Tides
High tide is best; no measured tidal range is available.
Temperature
26.1°C summer · 8.4°C winter
Wetsuit
Summer water is warm; winter water around 8-10 C requires a full winter wetsuit.
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: long but narrow sandy beach
Somewhere else
Spiaggia di Barricata, 17 km
Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.
Rescue
Launch
The club works out of Bagno Ipanema on Via Lungomare del Parco, with lessons also run from Bagno Pinguino at Lido di Volano and Bagno Huna at Lido di Spina. Sea access in front of the club is a 120 m corridor marked with floating buoys where bathing is prohibited.Large shaded rigging area, compressor for pumping kites, kite washing, a digital anemometer, changing rooms, storage and waste sorting.
Space
long but narrow sandy beach
Rules & access
- 2026: access to the water in front of the club runs through a 120 m corridor marked by floating buoys where bathing is prohibited, and the club operates it through the bathing season. Riding from here means joining the association: membership lasts a year and lapses automatically on 30 September, and a non-competitive sports medical certificate has to be filed.
- 2022: Comune di Comacchio bathing ordinance n. 132/2022, integrative to the regional and maritime-authority rules that remain in force, records a bathing ban in the navigable submarine channel to the port of Goro at Lido di Volano. No current municipal document mapping the kite corridor has been found.
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Talk to DKWA or the local riders before your first launch; the local guidance is explicit about checking in.
- In bathing season stay inside the 120 m buoyed corridor and keep well off the swimmers either side of it.
- Rig in the association areas when they are operating; the beach is long but there is not much clean sand elsewhere.
- Bring the big kite. The summer SE thermal at 10-15 knots is light for a heavy rider.
- Time the session for high tide.
- Talk to the club or the local riders before your first launch; the local guidance is explicit about checking in.
- Membership is not optional: annual sign-up plus a non-competitive sports medical certificate, so sort the paperwork before you travel.
- The shallow band runs so far out that a crash 300 m from the beach still leaves you standing.
- The crossing to the Isola dell'Amore peninsula in the delta park is about 1.5 nautical miles from the club.
Getting there
Airport
Venice Marco Polo (VCE) and Bologna Guglielmo Marconi (BLQ) are both within reach.
Route
Come by car through the Lidi di Comacchio road network; off the A13 take the Ferrara Sud exit, run the link road to its end and join the SS Romea.Flying in, Bologna and Venice are both a little over 110 km away; from either, take a train or shuttle to Ferrara or Ravenna station and then the T-PER shuttle out to the Lidi di Comacchio, about an hour from Ferrara.
Cost level
medium
Staying
Beach apartments, hotels, holiday villages and campsites are available around Lido di Volano and the wider Lidi di Comacchio.
No-wind days
Po Delta nature park · Comacchio lagoons · SUP · windsurf · beach facilities
Photos
FAQ
When is the best time to kite at Lido di Volano?
March through June and October-November are recommended, with a summer SE thermal often starting in the early afternoon around 10-15 knots.
Is it suitable for beginners?
Yes, the spot is listed for beginner and intermediate riders, though it is described as simple with advice to check with locals before entering the water.
What is the wind like?
NE, E, SE and S winds are reported, with the optimal sector running SE to NE, side-shore to side-onshore.
Are there rules or restricted zones?
Sea access in front of DKWA's club is through a 120-metre corridor marked by floating buoys, where bathing is prohibited during the season.
Last updated: August 2026