Nearby Marina di Modica 7 km · Santa Maria del Focallo 8 km · Granelli 14 km · Marina di Ragusa 27 km · Caucana 31 km · Punta Secca 33 km · straight-line distance
On the clock
11:00 · 12:00 · 14:00 · 17:00
Fills in around 11:00-12:00, peaks between 14:00 and 17:00, and usually drops shortly before sunset; on a strong gradient day it can blow through the night.
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.
The wind
locals call it Ponente; Scirocco
Direction
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
Character
mixed
fills in: Fills in around 11:00-12:00, peaks between 14:00 and 17:00, and usually drops shortly before sunset; on a strong gradient day it can blow through the night.
Typical strength
10-25 knots; common summer thermal sessions are often reported around 15-22 knots
The quiver, in words
A 9 and a 12 cover most summer days, with a 7 worth packing when a strong Scirocco or a gradient day is on the forecast; 8-14 m gets quoted for the wider Pozzallo coast.
Direction to shore
cross-on
Dominant direction
W, with SE Scirocco also important
Forecast
Month by month
- Jan29
- Feb32
- Mar53
- Apr58
- May, riders' month40
- Jun, riders' month33
- Jul, riders' month35
- Aug, riders' month34
- Sep, riders' month40
- Oct13
- Nov30
- Dec27
windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)
Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- 29%Jan16°
- 32%Feb15°
- 53%Mar16°
- 58%Apr17°
- 40%May19°
- 33%Jun23°
- 35%Jul27°
- 34%Aug28°
- 40%Sep26°
- 13%Oct24°
- 30%Nov21°
- 27%Dec18°
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 | 29% | 47% | 37% | 11.3 kt | W | 15:00 | 12.3°C | 16.1°C | 62 |
| Feb | 32% | 49% | 37% | 11.6 kt | W | 15:00 | 12.4°C | 15.4°C | 57 |
| Mar | 53% | 69% | 61% | 13.3 kt | W | 15:00 | 13.6°C | 15.7°C | 62 |
| Apr | 58% | 78% | 70% | 14.3 kt | W | 15:00 | 15.8°C | 16.9°C | 60 |
| May | 40% | 47% | 45% | 12.3 kt | W | 15:00 | 19.3°C | 19.2°C | 62 |
| Jun | 33% | 52% | 45% | 11.5 kt | WSW | 15:00 | 24.5°C | 23.4°C | 60 |
| Jul | 35% | 44% | 40% | 11.1 kt | WSW | 15:00 | 27.7°C | 26.8°C | 62 |
| Aug | 34% | 48% | 39% | 11.6 kt | WSW | 15:00 | 27.1°C | 28.2°C | 62 |
| Sep | 40% | 53% | 43% | 11.9 kt | WSW | 15:00 | 24.7°C | 26.4°C | 60 |
| Oct | 13% | 24% | 21% | 9.3 kt | SW | 14:00 | 21.8°C | 23.9°C | 62 |
| Nov | 30% | 45% | 33% | 11.3 kt | W | 14:00 | 17.7°C | 21.2°C | 60 |
| Dec | 27% | 39% | 31% | 10.8 kt | WNW | 14:00 | 14.4°C | 17.8°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
mixed
Standing depth
Sand, and it shelves gently: waist to chest deep for the first 80-100 m off the water's edge, about 2 m by 200 m, 3 m by 350-400 m. That gives a long band to body-drag and water-start in before it gets deep, and with a tide range around 0.2 m it barely moves.Depths are read from hydrographic charting rather than measured on the beach; where the white safe-water buoys are laid they sit on the 1.60 m line and red buoys mark the outer edge of the bathers' water.
Tides
Minimal; tide range at Pozzallo is roughly 0.2 m typically, and the spot is considered tide independent.
Temperature
24.6°C summer · 16.1°C winter
Wetsuit
Boardshorts or lycra/shorty in peak summer; shorty in spring/autumn; normal full wetsuit in winter.
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
5 schools name this spot
On your own
Room to launch: ok
Somewhere else
Marina di Modica, 7 km
Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.
Rescue
Launch
Sandy beach at the Tiki Beach club, Contrada 2° Scivolo, about 3 km from the centre of Pozzallo on the wide sandy coast. In July and August the lido fills with fixed straw umbrellas and sunbeds and the water in front fills with swimmers, so launch and land through the marked corridor and keep the lines clear of the beach furniture.The venue is a stabilimento with restaurant, pizzeria and bar; the phone is +39 0932 953425.
Space
ok
Rules & access
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Phone Tiki Beach or a local school before a summer session to check the corridor and whether lessons, rental or rescue are running that week.
- On Ponente thermal days do not write the morning off; the wind usually fills late morning to midday and peaks in the afternoon.
- In July and August rig well clear of the umbrellas and sunbeds, and cross the bathing zone only through the marked corridor.
- Pack a 9 and a 12 for the usual range, plus something smaller if a strong Scirocco or a gradient day is forecast.
- Take a car if you want to swap between Tiki, Santa Maria del Focallo and the other Ragusa-area beaches as the direction shifts.
- On thermal days do not write the morning off; the wind usually fills late morning to midday and peaks in the afternoon.
- You can stand for the first 80-100 m out, which makes water-starts and board recovery easier than the open-sea label suggests.
- Read the buoys before you rig: white ones sit on the 1.60 m depth line, red ones on the outer edge of the swimmers' water.
Getting there
Airport
Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)
Route
Drive from Catania-Fontanarossa, about 113 km and an hour and a half on the E45 and SS115 toward Pozzallo; Tiki Beach is on Contrada 2° Scivolo, roughly 3 km from the town centre.Without a car, an AST bus runs from the airport to Pozzallo Viale Europa a few times a day for about 8-10 €, but you still need a bike or a long walk from town to the launch. Pozzallo also has year-round ferries to Valletta.
Transfer
90 min
Cost level
medium
Staying
Stay in Pozzallo for town, beach clubs, restaurants and the ferry port, or use nearby Santa Maria del Focallo/Ispica for a quieter beach base. Accommodation exists near the spot, and dedicated camper areas/campsites are within a few kilometers rather than camping directly on Tiki Beach sand.
No-wind days
Pozzallo seafront and Torre Cabrera; the beaches at Pietre Nere and Raganzino; Modica and Ragusa, about 30 minutes by car; a fast-ferry day trip to Valletta; SUP, surf or windsurf when the schools are running them.
Photos
FAQ
Is Tiki Beach suitable for beginners?
Lessons are offered directly from Tiki Beach, but it is an open-sea spot with chop, swimmers and summer beach furniture rather than a protected lagoon.
What is the wind like?
The main wind is W Ponente, often thermal-assisted, at roughly 10-25 knots, with SE Scirocco adding warmer, gustier sessions.
When is the best time to go?
May to September is generally the strongest window, with wind commonly building from late morning and peaking in mid-afternoon.
Are there launch rules?
A 2025 ordinance reserves 200 m from shore for swimmers and requires kite corridors at least 40 m wide at the shoreline during the May-October bathing season.
Last updated: August 2026