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Porto Pollo North, Italy

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About Porto Pollo North

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces N, so wind from the S blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing N. Wind from the N blows onshore, wind from the S blows out to sea, and wind from the E or W runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 12). The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at beginner level the best months are usually January, February, March and May, with about 2 good days in 7; in April, August and October, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Porto Pollo. Within 5 km we also list 7 wind sports spots.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to OLB, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). About 8 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → OLB · Skyscanner from about £460 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Porto Pollo North.

  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 25: 15 kn gusting 31, side-shore. Water: waves 0.8 m.

The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

Wind forecast and score for each day at Porto Pollo North
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots10kncross-offchop
Mon 19Oct0, poorwind from the south-east, 12 knots23knoffnot safechop
Tue 20Oct0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 16 knots31knoffnot safechop
Wed 21Oct42, fairwind from the west, 15 knots29knside0.8 mwaves
Thu 22Oct53, goodwind from the west, 19 knots35knside1.1 mwaves
Fri 23Oct0, poorwind from the west, 10 knots21knsidechop
Sat 24Oct28, poorwind from the west-north-west, 21 knots48knside-on1.3 mwaves
Sun 25Oct53, goodwind from the west-south-west, 15 knots31knside0.8 mwaves
Mon 26Oct53, goodwind from the west, 17 knots38knside1.0 mwaves
Tue 27Oct53, goodwind from the west-north-west, 16 knots31knside-onchop

Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.

The season

Good kite days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7
  2. Feb2of 7
  3. Mar2of 7
  4. Apr1of 7
  5. May2of 7
  6. Jun2of 7
  7. Jul2of 7
  8. Aug1of 7
  9. Sep2of 7
  10. Oct1of 7
  11. Nov2of 7
  12. Dec2of 7

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to OLB, changing at AMS, then 55 min by road. About 18h 40 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 16 kn gusting 31, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Kite Porto Pollo North

    15 kn gusting 29, side-shore. Water: waves 0.8 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Kite Porto Pollo North

    19 kn gusting 35, side-shore. Water: waves 1.1 m.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 10 kn gusting 21, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 21 kn gusting 48, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.3 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to OLB, changing at AMS, then 55 min by road. About 18h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,050–£1,980 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

  • Flights £460–£950
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £80–£130
  • Stay £245–£405
  • Food £230–£430

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