Ceará, Brazil
May · 68% rideableIcaraizinho
What it's actually like
Icaraizinho de Amontada is an old fishing village on the west coast of Ceará, home to a little over 2,000 people, according to the school Todos Al Agua. It sits in a bay dotted with palm trees, with dunes and wind turbines on the horizon, about 200 km from Fortaleza. The trade wind blows side-onshore across the bay.
June to December is the season. In every one of those months at least nine days in ten clear 12 knots for three daylight hours or more, and September reaches 100 per cent, with August and October above 99. The mean over those rideable hours sits between 14 and 17 knots, strongest from August to October. It blows all day: in September the wind clears 12 knots from 8am to 6pm on almost every day. The schools give the high season as June or July to January, with the strongest months between August and November, and February to May as the rainy season. March is the quietest month in the record, at about a third. From August to November the bay is properly lit.
Praia da Ponta is the kite spot, reached only by buggy or 4x4 along the beach in about 20 minutes, on firm sand, for beginners to intermediates.
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Your month
When it's good
12 kt+ for 3+ daylight hours · kite
May · 68%. 21 rideable days in 31, 6.3 hours a day over 12 kt. Come.
Not yet checked against a weather station or an independent model, so treat these figures as a guide.
At a glance
Is it for you?
Geek analysis
May in the record
68% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.
In May the wind most often sits at 8 to 11 kt (44% of daylight hours) and is over 12 kt from 12pm to 5pm on at least half the days. See both charts in the full report
No weather station near enough to check these figures against.
May on the record
The month's own figures, not the year's average.
Take it with you
The full Icaraizinho 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
Kiteguide.com calls it a calm and peaceful kite spot and a local school contrasts it with busy Jericoacoara, while Kite Insider reports a crowded launch zone in front of the village in peak season. WindChaser has no crowd count for it yet.
On the water
What May usually does
May sits outside the best months here. 68% 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.
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Local intel
Getting there & on the ground
Stay, schools & kit
Who works this beach
All 5 stays near Icaraizinho on one page