Sea · Sardinia · Italy
Santa Margherita
Kite days peak in March at 30 %.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- Ringed: this month
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Confidence highHourly model data, 2017 to 2025, checked against the season shape of a nearby weather station, a regional model or a documented season.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 13 % Offabout 4 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 87 %
- Kiteable 13 %
- Too strong 0 %
- 10 day trip
- under 1 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 1.5 expected
- Best hours
- 13:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.2 h
- Water
- 23 °C, spring suit
- Air
- 22 °Cdaily maximum, 21 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 8 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Santa Margherita averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (13 %). Water 23 °C, spring suit. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
| Kite days% of days | 23 | 17 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Possible | Off | Possible | Possible | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Possible | Possible |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 1 in 10 | 1 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 1 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 0, reached 50 % | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 13 to 15 | 12 to 16 | 12 to 16 | 13 to 17 | 13 to 16 | · | 16 to 17 | 16 to 17 | 13 to 15 | 13 to 16 | 14 to 15 | 13 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| Water°C at the surface | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 17 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 15 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 8 of 31 | 6 of 28 | 10 of 31 | 7 of 30 | 6 of 31 | 2 of 30 | 0 of 31 | 2 of 31 | 5 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 8 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 5/4 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 3/2 | spring | shorty | shorts | shorty | spring | 4/3 | 5/4 |
- In January, Santa Margherita averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (23 %). Water 16 °C, 5/4. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
- In February, Santa Margherita averaged 5 kite days out of 28 (17 %). Water 15 °C, 5/4. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
- In March, Santa Margherita averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (30 %). Water 15 °C, 5/4. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in March got at least 5 kite days.
- In April, Santa Margherita averaged 6 kite days out of 30 (20 %). Water 16 °C, 5/4. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
- In May, Santa Margherita averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (14 %). Water 19 °C, 3/2. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
- In June, Santa Margherita averaged 2 kite days out of 30 (6 %). Water 23 °C, spring suit. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
- In July, Santa Margherita averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (7 %). Water 26 °C, shorty. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
- In August, Santa Margherita averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (8 %). Water 27 °C, boardshorts. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
- In September, Santa Margherita averaged 3 kite days out of 30 (11 %). Water 25 °C, shorty. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
- In October, Santa Margherita averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (13 %). Water 23 °C, spring suit. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
- In November, Santa Margherita averaged 7 kite days out of 30 (23 %). Water 20 °C, 4/3. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
- In December, Santa Margherita averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (20 %). Water 17 °C, 5/4. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in December got at least 5 kite days.
Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at Santa Margherita
How often a trip of your length got at least half its days with kite wind, 2017 to 2025, capped at 9 in 10.
- January1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.4 expected
- February1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.9 expected
- March2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.8 expected
- April1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.0 expected
- Mayunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.2 expected
- Juneunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 0.6 expected
- Julyunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 0.7 expected
- Augustunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 0.8 expected
- Septemberunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.1 expected
- October (now)under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.5 expected
- November2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.2 expected
- December1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.1 expected
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
Trip odds by start week
Pick your start week and trip length. Each cell: of all trips of that length that started in that week between 2017 and 2025, how many in 10 got at least half their days with kite wind.
Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
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Colours as in the kite year: 6 in 10 and more like Prime · 4 to 5 in 10 like Good · 2 to 3 in 10 like Possible · under 2 in 10 like Off · No data hatched (fewer than 30 trips) · Ringed: this week · Raised: your start week
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that week between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
1 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 45 (e.g. 5 to 11 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).
Zero wind trips: 5 in 10
about 1.3 kite days expected out of 10
Kite days per trip, 63 trips
Bars right of the line are good trips (5 kite days or more).
How the wind behaves
In March, the windiest month
- Too light 70 %
- Kiteable 30 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 70 %, kiteable on 30 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 12:00 to 16:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often WSW (248°).
Kitesurfing at Santa Margherita: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Santa Margherita?
No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is March, when 30 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Santa Margherita windy in October?
Rarely. 13 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 4 days in a typical October. Fewer than 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Santa Margherita?
The water ranges from 15 °C in February to 27 °C in August. In October it is about 23 °C (wetsuit: spring suit).
How many kite days does Santa Margherita get in a year?
About 58 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
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Spot facts
- Region
- Sardinia
- Country
- Italy
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG), 32 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 38.9677, 8.9814
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in Sardinia
Kite days in October, % of days
- Chia
Italy · 42 points more kite days than Santa Margherita in October
55 %Kite days by month at Chia: Jan 61 %, Feb 56 %, Mar 68 %, Apr 70 %, May 60 %, Jun 61 %, Jul 56 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 59 %, Oct 55 %, Nov 56 %, Dec 58 % - Petrol Beach
Italy · 5 points more kite days than Santa Margherita in October
18 %Kite days by month at Petrol Beach: Jan 27 %, Feb 22 %, Mar 29 %, Apr 23 %, May 14 %, Jun 8 %, Jul 16 %, Aug 14 %, Sep 16 %, Oct 18 %, Nov 19 %, Dec 23 % - Cagliari
Italy · 22 points more kite days than Santa Margherita in October
35 %Kite days by month at Cagliari: Jan 41 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 44 %, Apr 40 %, May 35 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 33 %, Oct 35 %, Nov 32 %, Dec 34 % - Porto Pino
Italy · 46 points more kite days than Santa Margherita in October
59 %Kite days by month at Porto Pino: Jan 59 %, Feb 58 %, Mar 64 %, Apr 73 %, May 61 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 64 %, Aug 59 %, Sep 64 %, Oct 59 %, Nov 61 %, Dec 58 % - Porto Botte
Italy · 25 points more kite days than Santa Margherita in October
38 %Kite days by month at Porto Botte: Jan 42 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 46 %, May 41 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 46 %, Sep 42 %, Oct 38 %, Nov 41 %, Dec 39 % - Geremeas
Italy · 27 points more kite days than Santa Margherita in October
40 %Kite days by month at Geremeas: Jan 51 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 50 %, May 39 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 28 %, Sep 40 %, Oct 40 %, Nov 48 %, Dec 49 % - Villasimius
Italy · 29 points more kite days than Santa Margherita in October
42 %Kite days by month at Villasimius: Jan 50 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 49 %, May 38 %, Jun 24 %, Jul 33 %, Aug 25 %, Sep 39 %, Oct 42 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 48 % - Calasetta
Italy · 25 points more kite days than Santa Margherita in October
38 %Kite days by month at Calasetta: Jan 44 %, Feb 39 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 44 %, May 41 %, Jun 45 %, Jul 48 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 40 %, Oct 38 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 41 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: high.
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In October, 13 % of days at Santa Margherita met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/santa-margherita
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