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Vela Club Marano

also known as Marano Riccione, Vela Club Marano Gianmarco Pari

medium crowds

On this page

Wind
- Month by month
Forecast
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
- Rescue
Hazards
Rules & access
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Nearby Riccione Spiaggia 151 under 1 km · Rimini Bagno 78 4 km · 39 Beach Rimini 7 km · Cattolica Circolo Nautico 9 km · Cesenatico (Valverde) 28 km · Milano Marittima 35 km · Lido di Savio 39 km · straight-line distance

Seasonno season namedthe months riders and schools name How windy5-6 knotsmixed Launchclub beach area with delimited zonesaccess rules on record, below Watersea26.3°C in summer · 7 things riders flag LevelIntermediate onlywith a caveat, in the Level section Schools5named at this spot From the airportin words under Getting thereInternational Airport (RMI)

On the clock

10:00 · 13:00 · 16:00 · 19:00

In summer the day follows the sea breeze: near-calm at dawn, building from about 10:00, strongest between 13:00 and 16:00, easing after 19:00. Indicative, from modelled hourly data rather than a local anemometer. Bora and Levante are synoptic winds and can blow at any hour, including overnight.

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.

Vela Club Marano is a club rather than an open beach: a sports association founded in 1989 on the Riccione seafront at Marano, running sailing and SUP as well as windsurf and kitesurf, and host to national kitesurf-circuit stages and FIV regattas.

What you get is a delimited zone and someone to ask, which on the Romagna coast in July counts for more than extra sand. Conditions are the standard Adriatic ones: flat to choppy water over a flat bottom, shore break once wind and sea build, beach traffic in summer.

Bora blows offshore at this beach, so it is the direction to think about before rigging. Intermediate is the honest level unless you are out under club instruction. No wind season has been published for the spot and no monthly statistics were found, so there is no month to point you at.

The 2026 Riccione and Emilia-Romagna rules require school activity and landing corridors to be authorized, and no club-zone map exists, so the active corridor is something to confirm with the club before you launch.

The wind

locals call it Bora, Levante, Scirocco

Direction

wind blows away from land — rescue cover matters here

Kite sizes

567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

mixed

fills in: In summer the day follows the sea breeze: near-calm at dawn, building from about 10:00, strongest between 13:00 and 16:00, easing after 19:00. Indicative, from modelled hourly data rather than a local anemometer. Bora and Levante are synoptic winds and can blow at any hour, including overnight.

Typical strength

Light for most of the summer. Modelled hourly data for the point give monthly means of 5-6 knots and a 90th percentile of 8-11, with 12 knots or more in only 1-2% of June-August hours against 6-8% from November to March. Sessions come with Bora or Levante events rather than with the daily breeze. A beach station in Riccione has measured an annual mean near 3 knots with 5-knot gusts since 2012. Both are all-hours figures at 10 m and indicative rather than a kite-height measurement at the club.

Variable Adriatic coastal wind. The club organization and the delimited zones make for a more controlled launch than an unmanaged beach.

Kite activity at the club is documented, but no best-wind season is published. The spot is open all year, and no monthly wind-statistics table was found.

The quiver, in words

Indicative for 75-85 kg, read off the wind range rather than a measurement at the club: 12 m once the summer breeze reaches 12-14 knots, 9-10 m on a 17-20 knot day, 7 m when Bora or Levante blows harder. Most summer afternoons never reach kiteable strength, so the big kite does most of the work here.

Direction to shore

NE-E is onshore to side-onshore; SE is side-onshore to cross-shore; Bora/northerly wind can be offshore or side-off at this beach.

Dominant direction

N to SE are the usable directions around Marano/Riccione, in line with the rest of the Romagna coast.

Forecast

Month by month

Jan33
Feb25
Mar31
Apr30
May26
Jun17
Jul16
Aug14
Sep23
Oct18
Nov32
Dec29

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

10Jan9°
9Feb9°
9Mar12°
10Apr15°
9May19°
9Jun25°
9Jul29°
9Aug29°
10Sep25°
9Oct21°
10Nov16°
10Dec11°

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

Month	Force 4+	Knots	From	Air	Water
Jan	33%	9.8 kt	WNW	6.3°C	8.5°C
Feb	25%	8.9 kt	WNW	7.5°C	8.8°C
Mar	31%	9.3 kt	SE	10.3°C	12.3°C
Apr	30%	10.2 kt	SE	12.8°C	15.4°C
May	26%	9.3 kt	NW	17.9°C	19.2°C
Jun	17%	9 kt	ESE	23.3°C	24.6°C
Jul	16%	9.1 kt	E	26.1°C	28.6°C
Aug	14%	8.8 kt	NW	25.6°C	28.9°C
Sep	23%	9.8 kt	WNW	21.4°C	25.1°C
Oct	18%	8.6 kt	WNW	18.2°C	20.9°C
Nov	32%	10 kt	WNW	11.4°C	15.7°C
Dec	29%	9.5 kt	WNW	7.9°C	11°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

sea

Standing depth

The bottom is flat. No precise depth profile was found.

Tides

Microtidal Adriatic setting; no kite-specific tide constraint was found.

Temperature

26.3°C summer · 9.2°C winter

Wetsuit

Summer often goes in light neoprene, sometimes without a full suit, depending on wind chill. Winter needs a full cold-water suit: Riccione sea-temperature averages bottom out near 9-10 C.

9–29°C water

Organized Adriatic club beach on the Riccione/Marano waterfront. Conditions are those of the shallow Romagna coast: flat to choppy water, shore break when wind and sea build, and beach traffic in summer.

Your level

not for beginners hereintermediatenot for advanceds here

The required level is intermediate. Club support helps progression, but nothing found justifies marking this an unsupervised beginner spot.

The scene

What riders come here for

club ridingfreeridewingfoilwindsurfsailing club scene

Long-running club and association scene, shared by sailing, windsurf, kite, SUP, wingfoil users.

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

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: club beach area with delimited zones

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Riccione Spiaggia 151, under 1 km

Riccione Spiaggia 151 Rimini Bagno 78 39 Beach Rimini

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

Rescue

No kite-specific rescue. Bathing establishments must run a bather-assistance service from 16 May to 20 September 2026, which is aimed at swimmers; outside those dates, and outside the beach frontage, there is nothing. Emergencies at sea go to 1530. Club supervision during organized activity is likely but unconfirmed.

Launch

Vela Club Marano is a sports association founded in 1989 that promotes kitesurf and windsurf as well as sailing and SUP, and it has hosted national kitesurf-circuit stages and FIV regattas. The launch is the club beach, with delimited zones.

Space

club beach area with delimited zones

Rules & access

2026: Riccione's Ordinanza Balneare Comunale n. 1/2026 and the regional Ordinanza Balneare published in BURERT n. 110 of 5 May 2026 set the frame. The summer bathing season runs from the Saturday before Easter to 2 November, so 4 April to 2 November 2026, with the 'Mare d'Inverno' winter season from 3 November 2026 to the Saturday before Easter 2027. Bathing establishments must run a bather-assistance service from 16 May to 20 September 2026. Inside the 500 m strip off the beach, crossing under sail or under motor is allowed only within a landing corridor authorized by the municipality; corridor applications are due by 2 May each year, and a corridor authorized in a previous year needs an activation notice to the municipality and to the maritime authority. A sailing, windsurf or kitesurf school licence is issued by the municipality only once the corresponding landing corridor has been authorized, after an opinion from the Capitaneria di Porto, and every licence holder is entered in a municipal register. Bathing is banned inside signposted landing corridors and within 150 m of port mouths. The corridor's own characteristics are set by a separate bathing-safety ordinance from the Capitaneria di Porto di Rimini, which could not be obtained; no corridor is named for kite use, so confirm the active club zone before launching.

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

Rider tips

Check in with Vela Club Marano before you launch, and always during the bathing season.
Stay inside the club's delimited zone and follow the posted corridor instructions.
Think twice on Bora: it blows offshore at this beach and there is shore break behind you.
For a structured beginner lesson, use Spiaggia 151 or another Riccione school instead.

Getting there

Airport

Rimini Federico Fellini International Airport (RMI); Bologna Airport is the larger regional alternative.

Route

The club is on Riccione's Viale D'Annunzio/Marano seafront. Public transport along the Rimini-Riccione corridor is available, including Metromare between the two stations in about 23 minutes; a car is easier for kite gear.

Transfer

About 10 minutes from Rimini airport to Riccione by bus, train or taxi; allow more for beach traffic.

Cost level

medium; higher in peak July-August resort season

Staying

Riccione and Marano have many seafront hotels, apartments and resort accommodation within short distance of the club.

No-wind days

Riccione beach and promenade · Rimini historic center · Riccione thermal baths · Oltremare · San Marino day trip · Cycling on the Romagna coast

Photos

Bagno 186 con le nuove bellissime tende - panoramio — rosanna nicolai, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

Is Vela Club Marano suitable for beginners?

No, the required level is listed as intermediate rather than beginner.

What is the wind like?

Directions from N to SE are usable, following typical Romagna-coast conditions, but Bora/northerly wind can be offshore at this beach.

Is there a school or club presence?

Yes, Vela Club Marano is a sports association founded in 1989 that has hosted national kitesurf-circuit stages and FIV regattas.

Are there rules for launching?

School and landing-corridor activity requires municipal authorization, with applications due by 2 May each year under the 2026 ordinance.

Last updated: August 2026