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Povlja

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Povlja

Split-Dalmatia County · Bol - Brač

Part of Bol, Brač →

Riding essentials

When it fills in

No onset time is published for this spot.

Nearbystraight-line distance

The spot

The location

Povlja is a harbour village in a natural bay on the east side of Brač, and there is no evidence anyone kites here. The shore is stone and concrete with small pebble coves, the water is clear, and the bay is sheltered enough that boats dock in it, which is the opposite of what a kite launch needs. No school, no wind record, no launch has been found.

Alternative

Brač's kite wind is the Maestral thermal documented at Bol on the same island; if you are on Brač with a kite, that is where to go. Povlja stays in the atlas as a quiet family harbour until someone rides it and proves otherwise.

The wind

Direction

Strength

No knot figure is published for this spot.

Modelled monthly average: 7–10 kt — see Month by month

Unconfirmed for Povlja. Brač's known kite wind is the Maestral thermal at Bol on the same island.

Forecast

Month by month

  1. Jan24
  2. Feb21
  3. Mar29
  4. Apr20
  5. May15
  6. Jun5
  7. Jul13
  8. Aug3
  9. Sep17
  10. Oct19
  11. Nov22
  12. Dec23

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

  1. 24%Jan15°
  2. 21%Feb15°
  3. 29%Mar15°
  4. 20%Apr17°
  5. 15%May20°
  6. 5%Jun25°
  7. 13%Jul28°
  8. 3%Aug28°
  9. 17%Sep25°
  10. 19%Oct23°
  11. 22%Nov19°
  12. 23%Dec17°

windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+) · water °C below · season highlighted

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.

Every figure, month by monthWindy days · Force 4+ · 12 kn or more · Knots · Wind from · Peaks at · Air · Water · Readings
MonthWindy daysForce 4+12 kn or moreKnotsWind fromPeaks atAirWaterReadings
Jan24%29%27%9.3 ktNNE14:007 °C15.3 °C62
Feb21%33%28%7.8 ktSE14:008.6 °C14.6 °C57
Mar29%34%31%9.6 ktSE14:0010.1 °C14.7 °C62
Apr20%28%23%9.2 ktW14:0013.1 °C16.7 °C60
May15%26%21%8.7 ktSSE15:0018.6 °C19.5 °C62
Jun5%13%10%6.9 ktW16:0023.7 °C24.7 °C60
Jul13%26%18%8.1 ktW16:0027.5 °C28.2 °C62
Aug3%15%8%7.6 ktW16:0026.7 °C27.7 °C62
Sep17%33%28%8.8 ktSSE14:0021.7 °C25.1 °C60
Oct19%23%21%7.2 ktSE13:0017 °C22.6 °C62
Nov22%37%35%9.4 ktNNE14:0012.3 °C19.4 °C60
Dec23%29%27%8.2 ktNNE13:009.2 °C16.7 °C62
How this is modelledmodelled · 2023-2024

A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.

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

mixed stone/concrete/pebble beaches in a natural bay

15–28 °C water

Your level

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beginner: not ratedintermediate: not ratedadvanced: not rated

No data on record. A calm family bay; no one has documented riding here.

The scene

Nothing has been recorded about the scene at this spot.

Launch and rules

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

With a school or a boat

No school names this spot

Nobody has been recorded teaching or running a boat here.

On your own

Room to launch is not rated

no access rules on record

Somewhere else

2 spots nearby

Hazards riders report 1 reported

  • Sheltered bay with boat traffic (harbor used for docking)

Rules & access

1 min read

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

    Schools that ride here

    Rider tips

    • Go to Bol for the wind; Povlja has no kite record at all.
    • If you do go in, keep clear of the harbour: boats dock in the bay.
    • Nobody has published a season, a direction or a launch here; if you ride it, send the atlas your notes.

    Photos

    Elevated panorama of Povlja's natural bay, the waterfront village and boats moored at the shore
    Ante Perkovic / CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

    The bigger pictureEverything about Bol - Brač

    Last updated: August 2026