Cumbuco. Best months are August until December. These months you can kite every day with 10, 12 or 14m² kites. In the other months the wind can also be really good. But do not forget to bring a 16 or an 18m² kite. Behind Cumbuco are some big sand-dunes. The dunes create some really warm air, which creates daily winds or seabreezes. The wind increases the more North you go. It is not necessary to bring a wetsuit. Almost the whole year the water is 20 to 25 degrees celcius. one of the most known kitespots in north east brazil. Kitesurf Conditions beach: » wind direction sideshore to side onshore from south east to east » small chopp with windwaves at low tide conditions » medium chopp with powerfull beachbreak at high tide conditions » difficult entry for unskilled kiters at high tide » crowded village center with few space to mount the gear at high tide Kitesurf Conditions lagoon: » flat water lagoon right at the beach » entirely shallow and stand deep » very crowded during most time of the day » surrounded by barrachas » best time very early and very late Location / Village: » all kind of restaurants and barrachas » all sort of accomodation » variety of shops and services » kite infrastructure available Within a very short time the tiny fishermen village became one of the most known kite spots world wide. Cumbuco is just 45 min away from the international airport "Pinto Martins" in Fortaleza. The village itself is located along the Atlantic coast offers a huge amount of space and sandy beach. Starting with a spacious bay in the east that extends to the centre of the village the beach is about 12 km long. Some hundred meters far outside in the easterly bay there is an invisible sandbar that offers nice waves at ebb tide conditions and medium tide.
Airport "Pinto Martins" Fortaleza to Cumbuco To come to Cumbuco first at all the city has to be passed. Coming from the airport pass the tiny bridge and turn immediately right and get back on the BR 116 heading inside the city. The name of the street is "Avenida do Rio Branco" Always follow this street and pass a subway (stay to the left). You get on the "Avenida o Dom Manuel" and still head to the beach direction. At the end of this street you arrive at a crossing with a wider road that has more tracks where you turn to the left and follow the so called "Avenida do Abolicao" (running parallel to the "Beira Mar"). At the following forking keep right on the "Avenida Pres. Castelo Branco" heading to Iracema. Always follow this street out of town passing over the river "Rio Ceara" and the tollbooth (2 R$) until you reach a traffic circle where you head right to Icarai and Tabuba. Pass these villages until Cumbuco.
Around Cumbuco the beaches are wide and everywhere are places to go kiting. The kitezone is in front of the Eco paradise hotel. Here are the most kiters. But no problem if it gets to busy, Just go up or down wind 150 meters and you are the only kiter. 6 km downwind from Cumbuco is a nice laguna. This is a fresh water laguna called "Lagoa de Cauipe". Here the water is really flat. It's possible to do a down winder from Cumbuco to the laguna. When you do this you will find many waves on your trip there. This takes around 45 minutes. Don't forget to ask somebody to pick you up. The laguna is not so big and also well known by the local kiteschools. So it can be really crowded, especially during weekends. When you want to have waves just drive North for 1 hour and look for a place called Paracuru. This is one of the best places to go kiting. First 150 meters flat water, after that a perfect breaking wave on some reef. Not the perfect beginners place but for intermediate or advanced kiters a real paradise. Try to be there with lowtide. More Infos also on www.Cumbuco.com