Continent |
South America |
Country |
Brazil |
Next Big City |
Fortaleza |
Next Town |
Trairi, Flexeiras |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Rooms, School, Food, Parking |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave |
Hazards: |
Reefs, Stakes |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Flat and shallow close to the beach. Small waves on the sandbar. Tidal, so conditions can change. Further upwind some rocks and stakes. On the point rocks at low tide. Flat water during low tide here, and fun waves during high tide.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
Cars, Other |
Beach Users: |
None |
Long sandy beach. Lot of space to launch the kite during low tides. Wide on low tide with hard sand. But watch out for cows and cars.
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Spring:
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Shorts |
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Summer:
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Shorts |
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Fall:
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Shorts |
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Winter:
|
Shorts |
Warm all year. Air during the day 32°C and at night 27°C. The is water 29°C and just shorts are needed. Bring sun protection, the sun is strong. Rainy season from February to May with occasional showers.
Best Months: |
July, August, September, October, November, December |
Wind Type: |
Thermal, Trade |
Best Direction: |
E, ESE, SE |
Main Direction: |
E, ESE, SE |
Best winds from August until December. Winds from 15-30 knots. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but during windy season average 20 knots. Off season, when it is raining, expect 60% of days with kiteable winds. Normally trade/thermal winds from SE to E during the day.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Short walk |
From Fortaleza on CE085, then CE163 to Trairi. From here further north to Fleixeiras and then 5 min to Guajiru.
Rules |
None |
Good restaurant close by.
