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Punta Marina

also known as Bagno Baloo, Baloo Beach, Punta Marina Terme

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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 Marina di Ravenna 4 km · Lido di Savio 17 km · Milano Marittima 21 km · Cesenatico (Valverde) 29 km · Lido di Volano 38 km · straight-line distance

SeasonJan, Mar, Decthe months riders and schools name How windy11 ktmixed LaunchA medium launch and landing area on sand, with room to spread lines out.access rules on record, below Watersea26.5°C in summer · 4 things riders flag LevelIntermediate to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools4named at this spot From the airportno transfer time publishedBologna International (BLQ)

When it fills in

No onset time is published for this spot.

Punta Marina is the Ravenna-coast kite beach, and everything happens around Bagno Baloo. Wavebreakers sit about 250 m off the sand, so the water inside them is flat and the access is shallow, which is the whole reason to come.

Baloo Beach is where the windsurfers and kitesurfers meet, and north of the scogliere the same stretch turns into a beach break that works on SE swell with high tide and a medium swell. The wind is a winter and shoulder-season story: January, March and December are the good months, and midsummer is the weakest part of the year.

Nobody has published reliable wind-direction data, rescue cover or kite sizes for this beach. The 2026 Emilia-Romagna beach ordinance reserves the first 300 m from shore for bathing except in authorized corridors and confines any sail or power crossing within 500 m of shore to a municipality-authorized landing corridor, and no Punta Marina corridor authorization was found, so whether current kite use here is formal is unconfirmed.

The wind

Direction

onshore

Character

mixed

Typical strength

Monthly average wind speed, indicative: Jan 12, Feb 12, Mar 10, Apr 9, May 8, Jun 8, Jul 8, Aug 7, Sep 8, Oct 9, Nov 10, Dec 11 kt. The statistics exclude thermal wind.

January, March and December are the strong months and the rest are ok. Plenty of kiters ride here.

Other beach users are a factor in June, July and August; statistics show fewer windy days in midsummer than in winter and shoulder months.

Direction to shore

The shore here runs north-west to south-east and faces east-north-east. Easterlies and north-easterlies come in onshore, northerlies and southerlies run along the sand, and anything from west through south-west blows off the land. Read off the coastline orientation and the beach break's SE swell exposure, not measured on site.

Forecast

Month by month

Jan, riders' month19
Feb19
Mar, riders' month27
Apr23
May13
Jun7
Jul8
Aug10
Sep25
Oct27
Nov23
Dec, riders' month26

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

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Jan, Mar, Dec.

19%Jan8°
19%Feb9°
27%Mar12°
23%Apr15°
13%May19°
7%Jun24°
8%Jul28°
10%Aug29°
25%Sep25°
27%Oct21°
23%Nov15°
26%Dec11°

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

Month	Windy days	Force 4+	12 kn or more	Knots	From	Peaks at	Air	Water	Readings
Jan	19%	37%	31%	10.9 kt	W	09:00	5.4°C	8.2°C	62
Feb	19%	28%	25%	9.3 kt	ENE	11:00	7°C	8.6°C	57
Mar	27%	40%	40%	11.5 kt	ESE	15:00	10.2°C	12°C	62
Apr	23%	42%	37%	11.9 kt	NE	14:00	12.8°C	15°C	60
May	13%	39%	34%	11.3 kt	ENE	15:00	18.1°C	18.6°C	62
Jun	7%	40%	22%	10.4 kt	ESE	16:00	23.2°C	23.8°C	60
Jul	8%	44%	31%	11.2 kt	SE	16:00	26.4°C	27.8°C	62
Aug	10%	35%	29%	10.4 kt	ESE	16:00	25.8°C	28.5°C	62
Sep	25%	47%	45%	12.4 kt	SE	13:00	21.5°C	25°C	60
Oct	27%	37%	32%	11.1 kt	SSE	14:00	18°C	20.8°C	62
Nov	23%	38%	32%	11 kt	WNW	09:00	10.6°C	15.3°C	60
Dec	26%	39%	34%	11.5 kt	WNW	08:00	6.7°C	10.7°C	62

modelled

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

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

Shallow access is reported at Punta Marina.

Tides

Kitesurfing conditions at Punta Marina do not depend on tide.

Temperature

26.5°C summer · 7.9°C winter

Wetsuit

Ravenna-coast figures: 15-20 C in spring, 25-30 C in summer. Wetsuit from autumn through spring, shorty or shorts in summer.

8–29°C water

Adriatic sandy beach at Punta Marina Terme. The kiting water is flat because of wavebreakers about 250 m from the beach; Baloo Beach is also a beach break north of the scogliere that works on SE swell with high tide and medium swell.

Your level

not for beginners hereintermediateadvanced

Listed as a kitesurf spot for intermediate riders, with experts also expected to enjoy it; no beginner lessons at this exact beach are on record.

The scene

What riders come here for

freerideflat watersurf

A resort beach full of families and sports visitors, with the windsurf and kite crowd gathered at Baloo.

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: A medium launch and landing area on sand, with room to spread lines out.

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Marina di Ravenna, 4 km

Marina di Ravenna Lido di Savio Milano Marittima

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

Rescue

Lifeguard cover on this coast is a summer arrangement and it does not overlap with the windy months. Under the 2026 regional rules, beach establishments must run a rescue service every day from 09:30 to 18:30 between the third weekend of May and the third weekend of September, with a rotation allowed between neighbouring posts from 12:30 to 14:30 so staff can eat.

Outside that window nobody is obliged to watch the water and the beach has to post a sign saying the rescue service is absent, which is exactly the January, March and December situation you came for. Sea emergencies go to the Coast Guard on the free 1530 number, or 112.

Launch

Bagno Baloo Beach on Punta Marina beach is a water-sports beach and a meeting point for windsurfers and kitesurfers.

Space

A medium launch and landing area on sand, with room to spread lines out.

Rules & access

2026 Emilia-Romagna beach ordinance: the strip of sea 300 m out from the waterline, all the way from the Po di Goro mouth to Cattolica, is reserved for bathing, and crossing it under sail or motor - or crossing anywhere within 500 m of the coast - is only allowed inside a landing corridor authorised by the municipality.

Corridor applications go to the Comune by 2 May each year; a corridor already authorised in a previous year needs only an activation notice to the Comune and to the maritime authority.

A sailing, windsurf or kite school needs a municipal licence, and the Comune issues it only after the corridor authorisation exists; that school clause is the single place the ordinance names kitesurf at all.

The bathing-activity period, when the lifeguard duty bites, runs from the third weekend of May to the third weekend of September, while beach establishments may trade from the Saturday before Easter to 2 November. No Punta Marina or Baloo Beach corridor authorisation has been found, so whether the kite use here sits inside a formal corridor is unconfirmed.

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

Rider tips

Keep the wavebreakers about 250 m out in mind: they are what makes the water flat and what you do not want to drift onto.
Plan for January, March or December; the monthly averages run 12 kt in January and February and drop to 7 kt in August.
In June, July and August expect bathers and beach traffic across the setup area, so rig early.
Ask at Bagno Baloo whether a marked corridor is active before you launch in the bathing season.
Bring a wetsuit for anything outside summer: winter water sits at 7.9 C.

Getting there

Airport

Bologna International (BLQ) is about 105 km, Rimini (RMI) about 65 km and Venice Marco Polo (VCE) about 155 km from Punta Marina.

Route

Punta Marina Terme is 11 km from Ravenna, reachable by car and by public transport from Ravenna railway station. Take road 67 east out of Ravenna.

Staying

A seaside resort town with accommodation, beach establishments and thermal baths along the front.

No-wind days

Punta Marina offers the coastal pinewood, running and walking paths, thermal baths, Ravenna cultural visits, shopping and beach sports.

Photos

Punta Marina Terme Sea Beach in 2025.01 — CAPTAIN RAJU, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

When is the best time to kitesurf at Punta Marina?

January, March and December are flagged as the strongest months, with fewer windy days in midsummer.

Is Punta Marina suitable for beginners?

It is listed for intermediate and advanced riders; no source verifies beginner lessons at this exact beach.

What is the wind like at Punta Marina?

Monthly average wind speed ranges from about 7 knots in August to 12 knots in January and February.

Are there rules or restricted zones at Punta Marina?

A 2026 Emilia-Romagna beach ordinance reserves the first 300 m from shore for bathing except through authorized corridors, with municipal authorization required for schools.

What are the main hazards at Punta Marina?

Wavebreakers about 250 m from the beach create the flat-water zone, and beach traffic increases in June, July and August.

Last updated: August 2026