Brazil
23 wing and kite foil spots, with conditions, best season and the schools and rental stations at each.
Arraial d'Ajuda
Bahia
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Oct–Jan
A resort village across the river from Porto Seguro in southern Bahia, with shallow, flat to choppy water behind reefs. The south-east wind blows all year with…
Atins
Maranhão
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Jul–Dec
A remote village at the mouth of the Preguiças river on Brazil's northern coast and a gateway to the Lençóis Maranhenses dunes and lagoons, with a wide estuary…
1 center · Lessons
Barra do Cunhaú
Rio Grande do Norte
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Jul–Jan
A quiet village south of Pipa with a huge river-mouth lagoon of flat, standing-depth water and ocean waves just outside. The south-east trade wind builds from…
2 centers · Lessons
Barra Grande – Macapá
Piauí
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Aug–Jan
A river delta west of Jericoacoara in Piauí where a 3 m tidal range rebuilds the playground twice a day: around low tide the area between Macapá and Barra…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Cumbuco
Ceará
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Jul–Dec
Half an hour from Fortaleza airport, with a side-onshore trade wind of 15–25 knots almost every day from July to December over a long beach with chop, and the…
3 centers · Lessons, Rental Florianópolis – Lagoa da Conceição Santa Catarina- Water
- Flat water
A large lagoon on the island of Florianópolis in southern Brazil and the island's centre for wind sports. Schools teach windsurf, kite and wing foil with…
2 centers · Lessons
Fortim – Pontal de Maceió
Ceará
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Aug–Nov
A lonely beach at the mouth of the Jaguaribe river south of Fortaleza where the east to south-east trade wind blows onshore to side-onshore at 15–25 knots with…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Galinhos
Rio Grande do Norte
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Aug–Jan
A sand-street fishing village on a 300 m wide lagoon island 70 km west of São Miguel do Gostoso, reached by a ten-minute ferry, with two completely different…
Ibiraquera
Santa Catarina
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Sep–Mar
A surf town near Imbituba in southern Brazil with a shallow, flat lagoon for learning right behind the beach. The ocean side is a beach break that works like a…
Icaraizinho
Ceará
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Jul–Dec
Jericoacoara's quieter cousin two hours from Fortaleza, with the same trade wind reliability from July to December, close to 100 % in season, and gentler…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
Ilha do Guajiru
Ceará
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Jul–Jan
A big, shallow, mirror-flat lagoon behind an island on the Ceará coast, with the region's reliable trade wind and a few pousadas and centres on its shore. Known…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Jericoacoara
Ceará
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Jun–Jan
A dune-backed beach town at the end of Brazil's Ceará wind coast where the trade wind averages 20–25 knots and peaks around 35 in the September–November…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Lagoinha
Ceará
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Jul–Jan
A fishing village between Paracuru and Icaraizinho with a red dune above the beach and four different areas: the bay in front of the village with a small…
Maceió
Alagoas
- Water
- Waves
- Best season
- Aug–Jan
One of the easiest wave spots on Brazil's north-east coast: a pure sand beach with nothing in the water, a side-offshore easterly of 6–7 Bft almost daily from…
1 center · Lessons
Paracuru
Ceará
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Jul–Jan
One of the best wave spots in Brazil: at Quebra Mar, east of the town, a ring of reef about 200 m out sorts the waves into clean sets of up to 2.5 m depending…
Parajuru
Ceará
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Aug–Nov
The mouth of the Rio Pirangi 120 km south of Fortaleza, where a delta with a big sandbank gives a lagoon that is standing depth at low tide, a square kilometre…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
Pernambuco – Maracaípe
Pernambuco
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- May–Sep · Dec–Jan
The point of Maracaípe Bay next to Porto de Galinhas, south of Recife, with clean soft sand and plenty of room to launch. Tides of up to 2.5 m give flat water…
Preá
Ceará
- Water
- Chop
- Best season
- Jul–Jan
A long, straight beach a few kilometres from Jericoacoara with the same strong trade wind but more room and less town: side-onshore wind, chop and small waves…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Rio Grande – Cassino
Rio Grande do Sul
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Jun–Aug · Dec–Feb
One of the longest beaches in the world, running south from the mouth of the Lagoa dos Patos in southern Brazil. In summer a north-easterly of 15–30 knots blows…
São Miguel do Gostoso
Rio Grande do Norte
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Oct–Jan
A wide sandy bay in Rio Grande do Norte with side-shore wind from the right at 5–7 Bft from October to January, 26 °C water and a mostly sandy bottom. The…
2 centers · Lessons, Rental
Soledade
Rio Grande do Norte
- Water
- Flat water
- Best season
- Oct–Jan
A tidal lagoon of about 1.5 by 3 km on the coast of Rio Grande do Norte, three hours from Natal, with side-shore wind from the right at 5–7 Bft from October to…
1 center · Lessons, Rental
Taíba
Ceará
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Jul–Jan
A long bay just north of Cumbuco that looks demanding at first, since the side-onshore wind pushes 1–2 m of unruly, North Sea-like waves with a shore break onto…
2 centers · Lessons
Tatajuba
Ceará
- Water
- Flat and waves
- Best season
- Jul–Feb
A river mouth west of Jericoacoara that adds a few knots to Brazil's already reliable wind: side-onshore from the right with a 99 % wind probability from July…
1 center · Lessons, RentalUpcoming events
Schools and rental
24 stations at this spot: what they offer, whose gear they run and when they are open.
A boutique school in Atins teaching kite and wing foil privately with radio helmets, in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.
BeeKite Macapá Barra Grande – Macapá- Brands
- North
The BeeKite village and station on the delta at Macapá, west of Barra Grande, with North gear.
Begood Kitesurf School Barra do CunhaúSwiss-run kite school teaching at Barra do Cunhaú since 2009, ten kilometres from Pipa, in Portuguese, French or English.
CORE Station White Wind Resort Ilha do Guajiru- Brands
- CORE
The German-run CORE kite school in the ten-room White Wind Resort, with kite storage, a freshwater pool and CORE kites for lessons and...
Club Ventos Icaraizinho IcaraizinhoThe Club Ventos station at the cape, the windsurfers' spot, with transport to the more popular kite bay in front of the Villa Mango...
Clube Kauli Seadi São Miguel do GostosoKauli Seadi's wing and kite station 500 m upwind of Dr. Wind, with self-catering bungalows, flat water at low tide and a beach break at...
Dr. Wind Center São Miguel do GostosoPaolo's station in the bay of São Miguel with a 50 m standing area at low tide, the rock reef 1 km out and the Pearl sandbank wave 200 m...
Eleveight Station Vila Jardim Parajuru- Brands
- Eleveight
The station at the Vila Jardim 300 m south of the Kiteboarding Club, an easy second entry to the spot, running Eleveight gear.
GKC Water Sports Preá Preá- Brands
- Duotone
A Preá school that buys new Duotone kites every year for lessons and rental.
Gokite Florianópolis Florianópolis – Lagoa da ConceiçãoOne of Brazil's pioneer kite schools, teaching on the Lagoa da Conceição with support boats and Duotone gear.
Gokite Taíba TaíbaGokite, one of Brazil's pioneer kite schools since 1998, teaches kite, wing and foil in Taíba with lessons and lodging.
Jaguaribe Kite Center Fortim – Pontal de Maceió- Brands
- CORE
- Certified by
- IKO
Next to the lodge on the lonely beach of Pontal de Maceió at the Jaguaribe river mouth, teaching one-to-one to IKO standard on the newest...
Kauli Seadi Soledade Soledade- Brands
- F-One, Ozone
A small station at the pousada on the Soledade lagoon with the newest F-One and Ozone gear.
Kite Club Icaraizinho Icaraizinho- Brands
- Duotone, F-One, North, Ozone
A kite and wing foil school in Icaraizinho working with Duotone, North, F-One and Ozone gear.
KiteWorldWide Beach Club Tatajuba Tatajuba- Brands
- CORE, Duotone
- Certified by
- VDWS, IKO
The school at the foot of the Pousada Casa de Praia, teaching to VDWS and IKO standards on current CORE and Duotone gear, with...
Kiteboarding Club Parajuru Parajuru- Brands
- F-One, Spleene
The Kiteboarding Club's Brazilian base in Parajuru with kite gear from F-One and Spleene, a square kilometre of standing-depth lagoon in...
Kiteschool Jericoacoara JericoacoaraLessons for all levels from complete beginners to advanced riders, and gear rental, in Jeri.
Kitesurf Taíba TaíbaA kite, wing foil and kite foil school in Taíba with its own pousada and restaurant.
Lazy Gringo Kite School Cumbuco- Brands
- Cabrinha, Duotone, F-One
A Cumbuco school that rents Duotone, F-One and Cabrinha kites by the session or the day.
Pipa Kite Center Barra do CunhaúIKO kite school teaching all levels at Pipa, Tibau do Sul and Barra do Cunhaú, in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Soul SUP Maceió MaceióA kite and wing foil school in Maceió with individual and group classes for all levels.
Vila Coqueiros Kite Center Cumbuco- Brands
- CORE
The kite school directly on the beach at the Pousada Vila Coqueiros, with a kite shop and reception on the grounds and gear from CORE and...
Windcenter Florianópolis Florianópolis – Lagoa da ConceiçãoA shop, storage and school on the Lagoa da Conceição for wing, windsurf, kite and SUP.
Windtown Cumbuco Cumbuco- Brands
- Duotone
- Certified by
- IKO
A full Duotone lesson centre and shop with beach service, IKO-certified lessons and a hotel with pool and beach bar on the Cumbuco beach.