Porto Botte is on the sardinia's south west coast,in the Golfo di Palmas's bay.
It has perfect conditions for freestyle. Looking the kite map you note that the spot is below the Sant'Antioco's strait ; this bottleneck sets an incredible increasing of wind speed . It isn't a tale: when forecast says about 10-15 knots of mistral, in Porto Botte we have 20-25 knots.
The spot is in a sandy big bay (about 2 km) with a shallow-sea and no sea-streams..so it's good both for beginners and expert riders. The spot works with mistral that blows side-on shore with flat water.
Reccomended kite size: from 8 mq to 14 mq (for a rider of 75 kg).
Required expertise: beginners - expert riders.
There is an authorized kite beach of about 1200 mq. Rules for using the kite area
How to get there: sat. coords N 39° 2' 6" O 8° 34' 24.24". .
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by car: from Cagliari take directions to Iglesias-Carbonia. After 50 km take the exit Domusnovas-Villamassargia-Carbonia and follow for Carbonia. Take the exit Tratalias, and follow for Giba.. after 5 min you find the sign Porto Botte.
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there is a reserved kite beach of 1200 mq. managed by Porto Botte Kitesurf Club.
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[70% >= 4bf]
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The proximity to Sant'Antioco island creates a funnel effect which brings winds that blow up to 6 Beauforts and over, with wind almost everyday, most of the times from NW. Winds from North tend to be slightly gusty. Windguru stats says about 136 windy day with 4bft or higher from jan to aug., compared to 83 in Porto Pollo. (windguru stat in 2007)
