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Continent:	Europe
Country:	Italy
Next Big City (Airport):	Palermo and Trapani
Next Town:	Mazara del Vallo
Latitude:	37.5603
Longitude:	12.6756
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing - Surfing	Features: - Rooms - Camping - School - Shop - Repair - Rental - Rescue - Shower - Toilet - Food - Parking

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Near Beaches
Sicily / Kartibubbo (0.86 km) Best Direction: SE NW Type: Flat Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Sicily / Tonnarella (15.69 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Shallow Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Sicily / Capo Feto (16.28 km) Best Direction: No Information Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m)

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6 October 2007
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Water

Type:	- Chop - Small Wave (< 1m) - Medium Wave (1-3m) - Big Wave (> 3m)	Hazards: - Currents

Quality:	- Crystal Clear	Best Tide: - Tide Independent

Waves up to 4 meters in winter, flat or choppy in summer with thermal winds, waves when some summer storms roll in.

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Beach

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Small

Hazards:	- None	Beach crowds: - August

Fine, sandy beach.

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Weather

Spring:	- Shorty	Summer: - Shorts

Fall:	- Shorty	Winter: - Normal Wetsuit

Very mild winters, very hot summers (40+°C).

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Wind

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Best Months:	- January - February - March - April - May - June - October - November - December	Wind Type: - Thermal Winds - Frontal Winds

Best Direction:	- N - E - ESE - SE - W - WNW - NW - NNW	Main Direction: - N - E - SE - S - SW - W - NW

Best winds for wave sailing down the line are W and NW (Mistral). Side and sideoffshore relatively constant, creates well formed waves. Scirocco (SE) and Levante (E) are also good.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- No Walk

To get to Puzziteddu from Palermo you must take hwy A29 for Mazara del Vallo. Exit at Campobello di Mazara, approximately 100 km, go through town following the signs for "Torretta - Granitola" and then for "Kartibubbo village".

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- None

Watch out for the windsurfers, during holidays/weekends it can get very crowded. If crowded better move to the next bay (west): Kartibubbo.

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Nightlife

At 10km away Mazara del Vallo offers many aspects of nightlife.

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