Continent |
South America |
Country |
Brazil |
Next Big City |
Recife |
Next Town |
Porto de Galinhas, Maracaipe |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Shop, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
Reefs |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Low tide |
Tide goes from 0-2.5m, flat water at low tides and little chop at high tides and we have good waves from May to September (2'-6'foot). About 800m from the beach there is a 2 km wide reef with nice natural swimming pools.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
None |
The beach is a paradise. It is the point of Maracaipe Bay, clean and soft sand. There is nothing at the beach, the place is totally safe with a big nice area for launch and land the kites.
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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:
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Shorts |
Nice temperatures all year long, no wetsuits need.
Best Months: |
January, May, June, July, August, September, December |
Wind Type: |
Thermal, Frontal |
Best Direction: |
NE, SE, SSE, S |
Main Direction: |
NE, SE, SSE, S |
October to January: 8-20 knots, February to April: 8-15 knots, May to September: 10-25 knots. The best season for kite and surf is from May to September with S/SE winds, but in December and January we have some very good NE winds but not as consistent as the S/SE winds.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Short walk |
Fly to Recife and go to Porto de Galinhas (52km from Recife), the place is 4km south of Porto town.
Rules |
None |
