Murta Maria (or Marina Maria) is a windsurfing spot that offers flat water conditions perfect for freestyle, freeriding, and slalom. The spot is located just south of Olbia, in the North East of Sardinia. Just one kilometer to the north, there is also the spot of Le Saline.

Windsurf spot reviews: Murta (or Marina) Maria and Le Saline, Olbia, Sardinia

Murta Maria is a small village in the Municipality of Olbia, from which it is 12 km away (about 30 minutes by car). It is a spot located just north of La Cinta beach, in San Teodoro, another famous spot in the area (read review), and works, partially, with similar wind conditions.

Proceeding north, about 1 km, practically along the same beach, you have another spot, mainly appreciated by kitesurfers, but also fun for windsurfers: Le Saline. Le Saline beach has this name because, in the past, it was a salt production area. Here, you also have some brackish lagoons, which, especially at sunset, offer truly enchanting landscapes.

The mistral blows the two spots, as the reliefs north-west of Olbia are not very high. When it is well oriented from the NW (but in the mouths of Bonifacio and in the north of Sardinia, more often it veers from the West), and it is strong, it also arrives well over these two spots.

Murta Maria spot is often frequented by high-level freestylers, who move here from nearby Porto Pollo (where the Scirocco does not enter). On the spot, as already mentioned, the Marina Maria windsurfing school operates, offering rental services and lessons.

Hang loose. Fabio Muriano

Click here, for a slidegallery taken during a session in Murta Maria, with the Sirocco wind