KITE SPOTS

Kitesurfing on Cumbuco Beach

Cumbuco Beach: The conditions of Cumbuco beach are truly wonderful for all levels of kitesurfer, there is a small shore dump and then flat water with slight sea swell. Cumbuco beach is one of the worlds most idyllic bays for kitesurfing.

The beach of Cumbuco has two main sections, the upwind bay stretches from Barraca Cumbuco Beach 4km downwind to the point where the Piranha Bar is.

The centre of the village has Barraca’s all along the beach, its very narrow at high tide and there are lots of swimmers so its best to either kite upwind or down wind of this 1km stretch.

The best place to launch and land to kitesurf in the main bay of Cumbuco is a few meters downwind from Barracha Vellas. From here onwards you have 10kms of open empty beach and ocean to play in.

The shore dump can at high tide when there is a big swell reach 1m (only a few times a year, mainly Jan onwards) but normally its only 0.5m and there is only one line of breaking waves.

At low tide there are sand bars off the point that produce nice waves around 300-400 hundred meters from the shore.

Level: Beginner to Pro

Best for: General riding, some soft waves

Tides: Tide changes every 6-hours and shifts by 1-hour per day, you can kite at any tide state.

Wind: Blows side shore from the right, sometimes side onshore

Getting there: Cumbuco is 45min drive from the international airport of Pinto Martins in Fortaleza. Contact Hi-Life to arrange an airport pick up.

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Paracuru

Paracaru: Situated 70km downwind of Cumbucu

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Best for: Wave riding

Tides: Best at low to half tide

Wind: Blows side shore from the right, sometimes a little side onshore

Getting there: By road from Cumbuco head towards the Banana lagoon, then to the highway. It sign posted to Paracuru (a right hand turn), follow the signs for 70km until you reach the town. Drive about 2km into the town, you reach the centre with a square, there are signs to Hotel do Capitao which you must follow. Its 5km out of the town, the Barraca is on the left right on the beach.