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Porto Pino
Porto Pino is a sandy dune-backed beach in the Golfo di Palmas, southwest Sardinia, part of the Sant'Anna Arresi kite cluster near Punta Trettu. Four kilometers of beach are backed by dunes up to 29m high and Aleppo pine forest, with the Sulcis-Iglesiente coast known for consistent Maestrale-driven wind.
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Wind
| best months |
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| season notes | Same broad Maestrale/thermal wind pattern as the nearby Sulcis coast (Punta Trettu). |
| wind name | Maestrale |
Water
| type | open beach, mixed |
|---|---|
| tides | minimal |
Levels
| intermediate | yes |
|---|---|
| advanced | yes |
| notes | More open/exposed than the sheltered Punta Trettu lagoon nearby. |
Launch & crowd
| description | long sandy beach split into sections by old mole ruins |
|---|---|
| busy months |
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| vibe | quieter, more nature-oriented than Punta Trettu, popular August fish festival in the fishing-village area |
Monthly wind statistics
Station: Sant'Antioco (weatherspark modelled climatology) (Weatherspark (NASA/NOAA MERRA-2 reanalysis-based model climatology, not a physical anemometer), ~18 km) — Windfinder's own Porto Pino/Sardinia page has 'No statistical weather data available'; nearest suggested live stations were Marina di Carloforte (31.7 km) and Pula Zona S'Abuleu (33.8 km), both too distant to be useful, and Windfinder's own request for those pages was blocked this session by persistent HTTP 429 rate-limiting. Substituted Weatherspark's modelled climatology for Sant'Antioco, roughly 15-20 km away across the causeway/inland (approximate — no geocoding tool available, distance estimated from coordinates) — treat as a coarse Sulcis-region proxy, not a coastal-exact reading. IMPORTANT: this reanalysis-based 24h/365-day average peaks in winter, the OPPOSITE of the batch's known_best_months (May-Sep), since the summer Maestrale/thermal window is a strong but short afternoon phenomenon a whole-day average smooths away. No Beaufort-probability or water-temperature data published; left null rather than invented.
| Month | Wind ≥4 Bft | Avg kn | Dir | Air °C | Water °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | —% | 11.4 | W | 11.1 | — |
| Feb | —% | 11.4 | W | 11.1 | — |
| Mar | —% | 10.9 | W | 12.5 | — |
| Apr | —% | 10.4 | W | 14.4 | — |
| May | —% | 9.3 | W | 17.5 | — |
| Jun | —% | 8.6 | W | 21.1 | — |
| Jul | —% | 8.5 | N | 23.9 | — |
| Aug | —% | 8.2 | N | 24.4 | — |
| Sep | —% | 8.9 | N | 22.5 | — |
| Oct | —% | 9.7 | W | 19.4 | — |
| Nov | —% | 11 | W | 15.6 | — |
| Dec | —% | 11.5 | W | 12.2 | — |
Hazards
- Natura 2000 protected dune system - stay off restored dune areas
- open beach exposure compared to sheltered Punta Trettu lagoon
Rules
- Community Interest Site (Natura 2000) with dune conservation project (SOSS Dunes) - respect restricted dune zones
Travel basics
| airport | CAG - Cagliari Elmas |
|---|---|
| getting there | frazione of Sant'Anna Arresi/Teulada, Sulcis-Iglesiente, southwest Sardinia |
| cost level | mid |
| no wind | walk the Aleppo pine forest and dune trails |
Nearby: Punta Trettu
Sources: it.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org