Ceará, Brazil
Apr · 6% rideableCumbuco
What it's actually like
Bora pra água! It means let's get in the water. Cumbuco is a fishing village on a long sandy beach north-west of Fortaleza: more than six kilometres of sand, palms behind the beach, dunes behind the village, and from August a sky full of kites.
The trade blows from the east and east-south-east and hits the beach cross to cross-onshore from the right. The guides call the season July to January, but the record says August to November is the heart of it, and September is the pick, with nearly every day rideable. It is lighter first thing, properly filled in by about ten, then it holds through the afternoon. At the guides' 15 to 25 knots you are powered up for hours. To be honest about the quiet months, though: the record puts March and April right down, and they are not months to fly in for. Take those two figures as the model's word: the nearest station up the coast measured far more rideable hours than the model did this year, and until a meter goes in on this beach nobody can tell you which is right. No wetsuit either: the water sits at 26 to 28°C all year, so it is boardshorts or a rash vest.
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Your month
When it's good
12 kt+ for 3+ daylight hours · kite
April · 6%. 2 rideable days in 30, 0.4 hours a day over 12 kt. Go elsewhere.
Not yet checked against a weather station or an independent model, so treat these figures as a guide.
At a glance
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Geek analysis
April in the record
6% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.
In April the wind most often sits at 4 to 7 kt (48% of daylight hours). No daylight hour is over 12 kt on at least half the days. The best hours are 1pm to 2pm, each on 7% of days. See both charts in the full report
No weather station near enough to check these figures against.
April on the record
The month's own figures, not the year's average.
Take it with you
The full Cumbuco report
Seven sections over six pages, built from the same record as this page. A PDF you can read on the plane.
When it gets busy
Crowds
Sep · MediumIn season you share the sky with hundreds of kites, and Lagoa do Cauípe is often packed by midday. November and December, with the holidays, are probably the busiest months. Come in September and it is usually much less crowded, just as the wind hits its peak in the record.
On the water
What April usually does
April sits outside the best months here. 6% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.
Your playground
Launches & safety
Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.
- Launch
- Hazard
- Parking
- School
- Stay
- Webcam
Local intel
Getting there & on the ground
Stay, schools & kit
Who works this beach
All 7 stays near Cumbuco on one page