Continent |
South America |
Country |
Brazil |
Next Big City |
Rio de Janeiro |
Next Town |
Barra da Tijuca |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
School, Shop, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Type: |
Chop, Small wave, Medium wave, Big wave |
Hazards: |
Swimmers, Currents |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Open ocean water, usually small chop, sometimes big chop and sometimes real left breaking waves, it depends on the swell.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Big |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
January, February, July, November, December |
The beach looks perfect. Clear and soft sand, very large space to launch and land, some grass to setup your kite, nice crew support and rescue boat.
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Spring:
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Shorty, Normal |
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Summer:
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Shorts, Shorty |
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Fall:
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Shorty, Normal |
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Winter:
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Normal |
The air and water temperatures are most of the year pretty warm, during the winter is necessary to wear a wetsuit. The best season is September till December, but is possible to kite all year.
Best Months: |
January, February, August, September, October, November |
Wind Type: |
Thermal |
Best Direction: |
ENE, E, ESE, SSW |
Main Direction: |
E, ESE, SW |
Often wind direction is East/Northeast, the best for the spot, 3 to 4 days a week at the best season. Other times we have Southwest wind with big swells, North offshore wind and raining South wind. Normally 10-15 knots, sometimes 15-25 knots, rarely 25-35 knots.
Transport |
Car, Train |
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Access
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Short walk |
From the airport to the spot (Barra da Tijuca) by car takes 40 min and by bus 1 hour and 30 min. From the airport: go to the Red Road until the Ayrton Senna Road at the end on a beach made the U turn to east. Go close to the big Mountain Gavea.
Rules |
Zones |
Restriction is based on kiting only in front of the spot, rules are the basic of kiting on waves and crowded places.
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