Poetto, Italy

No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Cagliari, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAG (CAG), 10 km.

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About Poetto

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

Water about 23°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 SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.4 km out (1 in 143). The sea is about 14°C in March, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually March, April and November, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Cagliari, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAG (CAG), 10 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot, 3 wind sports spots and 1 dive site.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 05 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to CAG, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD).
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this spot yet: Cagliari, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CAG (CAG), 10 km.
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Where it is

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Windsurf spot

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Forecast

Best on Tue 20: 12 kn gusting 23, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.8 m.

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

Wind forecast and score for each day at Poetto
Day	Score	Wind	Gusts	Shore	Water
Sun 18Oct	0, poor	wind from the west, 0 knots	7kn	offnot safe	flat
Mon 19Oct	72, good	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	21kn	on	chop
Tue 20Oct	80, good	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	23kn	side-on	0.8 mwaves
Wed 21Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	7kn	cross-off	chop
Thu 22Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-west, 10 knots	14kn	offnot safe	flat
Fri 23Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-west, 7 knots	11kn	offnot safe	flat
Sat 24Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-west, 12 knots	16kn	offnot safe	flat
Sun 25Oct	0, poor	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots	22kn	offnot safe	flat
Mon 26Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-north-west, 10 knots	14kn	offnot safe	chop
Tue 27Oct	0, poor	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	10kn	cross-off	flat

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

Jan0of 7
Feb0of 7
Mar1of 7
Apr1of 7
May0of 7
Jun0of 7
Jul0of 7
Aug0of 7
Sep0of 7
Oct0of 7
Nov1of 7
Dec0of 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 windsurf. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to CAG, changing at MAD, then 30 min by road. About 18h 05 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Windsurf Poetto
12 kn gusting 23, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.8 m.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 3 kn gusting 7, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 10 kn gusting 14, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 11, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 12 kn gusting 16, offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to CAG, changing at MAD, then 30 min by road. About 18h 05 door to door

Rough cost

About £740–£1,485 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

Flights £460–£960
To the UK airport £35–£65
Taxi £15–£30
Food £230–£430

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