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Punta Secca

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Water
Level
The scene
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Hazards
Schools
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Getting there
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Nearby Caucana 2 km · Marina di Ragusa 5 km · Scoglitti 13 km · Marina di Modica 27 km · Tiki Beach (Pozzallo) 33 km · straight-line distance

Seasonno season namedthe months riders and schools name How windy12-19 ktsynoptic Launchsmallno access rules on record Waterwaves26.9°C in summer · 8 things riders flag LevelAdvanced onlywith a caveat, in the Level section Schools1named at this spot From the airport45 minComiso Airport (CIY)

On the clock

04:00 · 14:00 · 16:00 · 18:00 · 19:00

It builds through the late morning, peaks between 14:00 and 16:00, and drops away after 18:00-19:00. Winter is the exception: a set Maestrale holds through the night at a useful strength, with roughly one hour in eight over 12 kt even at 04:00. Indicative, no local measurement.

The marks are the clock times the record names, laid on a 24-hour day. The bar between the first and the last covers those hours; it is not a promise of wind.

Punta Secca is a fishing hamlet of 519 residents on Sicily's southern Ragusa coast, better known as the village where Il commissario Montalbano was filmed than as a place to kite. For riders it is one thing only: a wave spot for experts.

Maestrale and Ponente build waves of 1 to 4 metres and come in cross-on; Levante and Scirocco cover the other side of the compass, so it reportedly works year-round with no month standing out.

The launch is a small sandy strip beside the fishing harbour, and the local rule is to move east of the harbour when the west side is breaking. Rocks, an offshore reef the locals call 'la Sicca' and the boats working the harbour are the hazard list.

There is no school, no rental and no rescue boat, and no knot range, water temperature or wetsuit call has been published for this beach. Come self-sufficient, on a Maestrale, and expect to share the village with tourists who have never heard of kitesurfing.

The wind

locals call it Maestrale, Ponente, Levante, Scirocco

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

synoptic

fills in: It builds through the late morning, peaks between 14:00 and 16:00, and drops away after 18:00-19:00. Winter is the exception: a set Maestrale holds through the night at a useful strength, with roughly one hour in eight over 12 kt even at 04:00. Indicative, no local measurement.

Typical strength

12-19 kt on a working day, with the hard Maestrale and Ponente days into the high twenties and a modelled five-year peak above 30 kt. About one hour in five clears 12 kt in March and April; June is the flattest month, at roughly one in forty. Indicative, no local measurement.

A wave spot for experienced riders, with one piece of standing local advice: ride east of the harbour when the western side has waves.

The wind-bearing stretch is November to May, peaking in March and April at about one hour in five over 12 kt. June to September is the flat part of the year, down to one hour in twenty or worse. 'Year-round' is about the spread of usable directions, not a steady supply of wind.

Indicative, no local measurement.

Also on record

6.5

The quiver, in words

For a 75-85 kg rider: 11-12 m on a 13-16 kt Maestrale, 9 m at 18-20 kt, 7-8 m when the Ponente is properly on. This is wave terrain, so most riders go a size smaller here than they would on flat water. Indicative, derived from the modelled wind distribution; no published local kite range.

Direction to shore

The coast bends at the point. West of the harbour the shore faces roughly west-southwest, so Maestrale and Ponente arrive side-onshore and you go out on starboard tack into the wave.East of the harbour the same shoreline turns to face south-southwest and that wind becomes side-shore to side-offshore, which is why the standing advice is to move east when the west side is breaking. Levante and Scirocco reverse the arrangement.

Dominant direction

NW, W, E, SE

Forecast

Month by month

Jan41
Feb45
Mar55
Apr66
May38
Jun18
Jul12
Aug16
Sep27
Oct18
Nov44
Dec35

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

11Jan17°
11Feb16°
12Mar16°
13Apr17°
11May19°
9Jun23°
9Jul27°
9Aug27°
10Sep26°
9Oct24°
11Nov21°
10Dec18°

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

Month	Force 4+	Knots	From	Air	Water
Jan	41%	11 kt	NW	11.6°C	16.6°C
Feb	45%	11.3 kt	NW	11.9°C	15.6°C
Mar	55%	12.3 kt	NW	13.1°C	15.9°C
Apr	66%	13.1 kt	NW	15.5°C	16.7°C
May	38%	10.9 kt	NW	19.1°C	19.1°C
Jun	18%	9.1 kt	NW	24.1°C	23.3°C
Jul	12%	8.6 kt	WNW	27.3°C	26.6°C
Aug	16%	8.9 kt	WNW	26.7°C	27.4°C
Sep	27%	9.5 kt	NW	24.1°C	25.8°C
Oct	18%	8.5 kt	ESE	21.3°C	23.5°C
Nov	44%	10.9 kt	NW	17.1°C	20.7°C
Dec	35%	10.4 kt	NW	13.8°C	18°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

waves

Tides

Barely there. The nearest gauge on the same south-facing coast, at Porto Empedocle, measures about 9 cm mean range and 16 cm at springs. Nothing about access or the wave changes with it.

Temperature

26.9°C summer · 15.6°C winter

16–27°C water

A rocky and sandy coastal stretch with a small offshore reef locals call 'la Sicca', next to Punta Secca's small fishing harbour. Waves reported at 1-4m with Maestrale/Ponente.

Your level

not for beginners herenot for intermediates hereadvanced

Expert only, 'solo per esperti' in the local phrasing. The harbour, the rocks, the offshore reef and 1-4m waves rule out beginners and intermediates.

The scene

What riders come here for

wavejumping

A fishing hamlet of 519 residents that fills with general tourists because Il commissario Montalbano was filmed here. No kite crowd or club has been found. The wave-only, expert-only, small-launch profile points to a handful of riders rather than a scene.

Launch and rules

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

With a school or a boat

1 school names this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: small

no access rules on record

Somewhere else

Caucana, 2 km

Caucana Marina di Ragusa Scoglitti

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

Rescue

Nothing is published. No lifeguard or safety boat has been found here, and no school or rental either; the working fishing harbour beside the launch is the only boat traffic. 1530 is the coastguard emergency number.

Come with another rider on the beach and treat it as self-rescue in wave terrain.

Launch

Sandy launch beside Punta Secca's small fishing harbour, on a shore that bends at the point: west of the harbour it faces roughly west-southwest, east of it south-southwest. The standing advice is to ride and launch east of the harbour when the western side is breaking, which makes the harbour-side beach the default access.

Space

small

Rider tips

Ride and launch east of the harbour when the western side is breaking.
Come self-sufficient. Nothing is published on a school, rental or rescue at Punta Secca.
Treat it as expert-only wave terrain and stay off it if you are not already riding waves.
Without a car, take the Tumino bus from Ragusa or Comiso airport (CIY); the route runs through Punta Secca.
The wind months and the tourist months barely overlap: March and April carry the wind, July and August carry the crowds.
Water runs near 27 C in August and down to about 15.6 C in February, so the good wind months are full-suit months.

Getting there

Airport

Comiso Airport (CIY) is the nearest, about 19km from Ragusa town; a public Tumino bus route runs Ragusa – Marina di Ragusa – Casuzze – Punta Secca – Santa Croce Camerina – Aeroporto. Catania (CTA) is the larger alternative further away, unconfirmed for this route.

Route

Punta Secca is a coastal frazione of Santa Croce Camerina on Sicily's southern Ragusa coast, about 5.8 km from the main town by road. From Comiso airport it is 29 km on small roads, about 45 minutes by car; the Tumino bus route from Ragusa to the airport also runs through the village.

Transfer

45 min

Photos

Tramonto sulla spiaggia di Punta Secca — SaraaaCreaaa, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

Is Punta Secca suitable for beginners?

No, it is rated for advanced riders only, with expert-level wave conditions.

What is the wind like at Punta Secca?

The spot works in Maestrale and Ponente, with side or onshore wave conditions that can reach 1-4 metres.

Where do you launch at Punta Secca?

Riders launch east of the harbour when waves are breaking on the western side.

Last updated: August 2026