Submitted by Hi Life on 20 March 2007 - 2:30pm.
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Cumbuco has it all - butter flat water lagoons, sea swell and chop to nice waves - its the best place to kite.
Many beach front Hotels or smaller places within 2-5min walk to the beach.
Kiteboarding Facilities in Cumbuco
Accommodations:
+ add your accommodations
Getting there:
Nearest airport:
Fortaleza (FOR)
Nearest big city:
Fortaleza
Nearest town:
Cumbuco
Trip from town:
snap
Access:
immediate
Directions:
For 3 Reais from Fortaleza with the local bus. Limitation is the few buses that rides the line. Starting from Fortaleza at 8.30 am and the last leaving Cumbuco at 5 pm. Or by taxi for about 40-80 Reais. About 30 min drive Northeast of Fortaleza.
Low-cost flights to CumbucoAt the beach:
Level required:
all
Best style:
freestyle
wave
speed
Watersports:
kitesurf
windsurf
surf
Spot type:
beach
Shore:
soft sand
Bottom:
sandy
Crowd:
average
Hazards:
- totally safe
Facilities:
+ school
+ launch area
+
+ gear rental
+ toilets
+ showers
+ food
+ shop
+
+ parking
Beach rules:
Weather:
Air its alwasy between 26 and 32°C warm, and water is the same 26-28 °C - all year.. NO wetsuits, please! Bring lot of solar protection.
Members photo shoots:
Wind conditions:
Wind strenght (Bf):
5-6
8-9
Blowing at:
morning
afternoon
evening
Best season:
[70% >= 4bf]
› January
› June
› July
› August
› September
› October
› November
› December
Medium season:
[45-70% >= 4bf]
› February
› March
› May
Wind details:
For 9 months of the year the wind blows almost every single day, from June untill end of Jan you will be unlucky if you can't kite.
On the water:
Water quality:
clean
Best tide:
no dependency
Water details:
A shore dump wave at high tide, some banks forming soft breaking waves with a swell at low tide. Up wind to Icarai or down wind 2km towards Cauipe and there are nice waves to play in.
Tides start to change every 6 hours. During the peak of the tide it can be extremely choppy but decreasing as the tide starts going down.
When is flat:
Day activities:
Relax on the beach, ride a horse, take a dune buggy ride, visit the city, check out the mountains, go wakeboarding...
Night scene:
Cumbuco for nice food, relaxed drinks with freinds and a party or two in the small bars.
Fortaleza for some really nice clubs, any night of the week.
Kitesurf Schools in Cumbuco:
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Kite Brazil
school in Cumbuco -
Hi-Life
school in Cumbuco -
Windtown
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Kitecenter Cumbuco - Kiteline
school in Cumbuco
