Newsgroup: it.sport.windsurf
Titolo: surfing in Italy, Gardalake !!

I'm planning to go to Italy in a few days, one of the best places to surf
(because of the continues-wind) is the garda-lake, north of Italy. Do you
have any suggestions about other surfing-spots in Italy, or can inform me
about the best part of the garda-lake ?
Thanks
Sjoerd

Hi,
try to consider the Sardegna Island; many hi-wind spots in the northern side
(also 30+ knots in the past july...).
The most known spot of the island is Porto Pollo, with complete resorts.
Take also a look at my web-pages 
http://members.xoom.it/forward
  (sorry,
all pages are in italian language...) to see some pictures of those fine
places.
Regards
Fabio
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The best part of the lake is the north  of the lake.
You can find to kind of winds. The first during the first part of the
morning, is PELER wind (you can surf better close to Malcesine (north est
part of the lake). The second is ORA wind (you can take it in Torbole town,
by different points).
Have a nice holiday.
Ale
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 places.
I just took a look, nice pics !
thanks for the info !

 by different points).
So, the best (windy) part of the Garda Lake is the north side.
What about the southern part of the lake ? no wind at all, or always about 1
bf. less wind than in the north ?

For the south side of the Garda is not the right season.
Maybe you can find wind but surely weak.
Take note that you can arrive from south to north by car in one hour and half
but there is a lot of traffic now.
Take also note of these numbers (windsurfing school in Torbole-you can call them
for all the informations you need):
SEGNANA  
++39-0464-505963
VASCO RENNA  
++39-0464-505993
There are different school too but i haven't the numbers.
Bye
ale
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Hi Sjoerd!
I have not realized where you live but I am sure you have never seen Italy.
There can be not dubt, Gardalake is very nice and you can find good wind,
particularly on the north side, but there is no connection with Sardegna
island and the south of Italy also.
I'm talking about the sea conditions. In Sardegna island in the Oristano
gulf, on the west coast, there is a spot called Capo Mannu where you can
find 3/4 meters waves and more. These conditions occur with the Mistral, NW
wind, which mostly blows in winter and spring, but, as you can see, this
summer the weather is unstable at all, therefore there are several
probability it blows. However in Porto Pollo (North coast) with high
pressure there is termical wind every day. A third important spot you can
see in Sardegna island is Baia Chia, on the extreme south coast, which works
better  with south winds, less frequent in summer. I don't know how it works
with different wind direction but when the wind blows from south than you
can surfing spectacular waves.
Different situation in south of Italy on the east coast, where in summer
with high pressure a termical wind has high frequency and may be strong.
No problem to decide the spots, the wind comes from north and run parallel
the coast. The region I'm talking about is Puglia (extreme SE of Italy) and
the famousest country is Vieste.
Both of the opportunity give you the chance to see some of the most
beautiful sea places in the Mediterranean.
Do you need an advice from an italian windsurfer (who well knows and likes
Gardalake)?
Don't miss the opportunity to see theese places and to surfing in !!!!!!!!!!
Have a good chance.
Rhino

Take a look at the URL 
http://www.pradelafam.it
  (I am sorry, only in
italian for now but in the future ... ) there are statistics about the wind
, webcam  service and in the section "links" of the site there are the list
of the Garda Lake's web site links.
In any case there is wind only in the North part of the lake and
August/September is the best period for the North wind.  The other two good
spot in Italy in the summer season are Sardinia Island  and  the Puglia area
in the South/East of Italy (Vieste, Gargano:  
http://www.viesteonline.it
).
Sardinia, the North part,  is one of the best place of the world, the color
of the sea is fantastic!!
I Hope this information will be usefull for you.
Bye
Giorgio
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