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Brancaleone kitesurf spot

Italy · Calabria

Spot currently openIntermediate levelAltitude 3 m 37.96 | 16.1

Overview

Brancaleone is a village on the Ionian coast of southern Calabria. The beach offers a spot exposed to southeast and east winds. Quiet and authentic area of the Calabrian Ionian coast.

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Spot forecast for Brancaleone

Sunrise 07:08 · Sunset 18:11

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Brancaleone: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

72h

in February · 8.5 rideable days

The season runs from February to April, peaking in February: 9 rideable days a month and 72 hours of usable wind, at 17 °C. The low point is June, at 4.5 days.

Rideable days per month

0 2.5 5 7.5 10 January: 7 rideable days J February: 8.5 rideable days8.5 d F March: 8.5 rideable days M April: 8.5 rideable days A May: 6.5 rideable days M June: 4.5 rideable days4.5 d J July: 7 rideable days J August: 8 rideable days A September: 6 rideable days S October: 6.5 rideable days O November: 6.5 rideable days N December: 8.5 rideable days D 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 January: 7 rideable days J February: 8.5 rideable days8.5 d F March: 8.5 rideable days M April: 8.5 rideable days A May: 6.5 rideable days M June: 4.5 rideable days4.5 d J July: 7 rideable days J August: 8 rideable days A September: 6 rideable days S October: 6.5 rideable days O November: 6.5 rideable days N December: 8.5 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 80%13-20 knots · 18%21-30 knots · 2%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 80% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 15 °C. The wettest month is October, with 151 mm.

Monthly averages: Brancaleone
Monthly averages — Brancaleone — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 7.0 57 h 15 °C 114 mm
February 8.5 72 h 15 °C 122 mm
March 8.5 69 h 17 °C 98 mm
April 8.5 78 h 19 °C 15 mm
May 6.5 54 h 22 °C 66 mm
June 4.5 35 h 28 °C 6 mm
July 7.0 36 h 32 °C 0 mm
August 8.0 41 h 31 °C 3 mm
September 6.0 32 h 27 °C 30 mm
October 6.5 32 h 23 °C 151 mm
November 6.5 61 h 19 °C 35 mm
December 8.5 65 h 16 °C 61 mm

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Technical details of Brancaleone spot

N: Depending on conditions NNE: Depending on conditions NE: Depending on conditions ENE: Rideable E: Rideable ESE: Rideable SE: Rideable SSE: Rideable S: Depending on conditions SSW: Not rideable SW: Not rideable WSW: Not rideable W: Not rideable WNW: Not rideable NW: Not rideable NNW: Depending on conditions N E S W

The spot works with winds from ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE.

Depending on conditions: N, NNE, NE, S, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable
Spot opening date · Required level
Spot opening date
Open all year round
Required level
Intermediate
Parking

Free parking along the beach.

Hazards

Coastal current. Isolated spot with no lifeguard supervision.

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