Sardaigne — La Cinta (San Teodoro)
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Discover Sardaigne — La Cinta (San Teodoro)
A long white-sand beach facing the turquoise sea of San Teodoro, on Sardinia's north-east coast, with Tavolara island on the horizon and a flamingo lagoon behind. La Cinta is the Costa Smeralda postcard — and a spot where the working wind comes off the sea, not off the land.
La Cinta owes its reputation to one thing: it's one of Sardinia's finest beaches, a several-kilometre ribbon of white sand between the sea and the lagoon, with Tavolara standing like a stage set on the horizon. You come for the light and the translucent water as much as for the wind. But the spot has a subtlety that gives it all its character: Sardinia's king regional wind, the Maestrale, blows here with its back to the sea — so you don't ride the big NW blow, you ride the gentler easterly thermal that strokes the bay in the afternoon. It's a spot of summer, colour and common sense.
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Accessible to beginners in a light working wind, but rather intermediate once it picks up (chop and small waves). You kite on the SEA side, in the designated zone: the lagoon behind the beach is off-limits (reserve). One thing to grasp before coming: here, your safe wind comes from the east/south-east (it brings you back); the north-west Maestrale, on the other hand, blows off the land toward the open sea — that's the wind not to take (see safety).
source : kitesurfing.it ↗The season is summer (May to September). The safe working wind is the east-to-south-east sector — thermal, Levante, Scirocco — which comes off the sea and brings you back to the beach. The north-west Maestrale, the dominant regional wind, is offshore here (it comes off the land): powerful but to be avoided for coastal kiting. Aim for thermal days or an established easterly.
source : se.kiteforum.com ↗Arrival guide
San Teodoro is about thirty minutes from Olbia airport. La Cinta is a several-kilometre beach; kiting happens in a designated zone toward the middle of the bay (Fuchìtta area), away from swimmers, within the Tavolara marine protected area — expect a walk from the car park. The San Teodoro lagoon behind is a reserve: off-limits to kiting.
source : web.kite-and-windsurfing-guide.com ↗Safety
The spot's trap is the Maestrale. Since the beach faces east, this north-west wind blows off the land toward the open sea: it pushes you away from shore, sometimes in gusts — you don't kite La Cinta in an established Maestrale, you wait for the thermal or the easterly, which bring you back. Second point: it's a very busy beach in summer. Kiting is confined to a designated zone (Tavolara marine reserve), away from swimmers — stay in it, launch and land clear of the crowd, and check the hours in force.
source : kitesurfing.it ↗Soon, by the riders
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