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Icaraizinho, Brazil

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About Icaraizinho

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). The sea is about 27°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at expert level the best months are usually August, September and October, with about 7 good days in 7; in March, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Itarema.

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From Chicago: about 20 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to FOR, changing at Miami International Airport (MIA).

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  2. Getting there. 3 h 20 from the airport to Icaraizinho.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

Icaraizinho on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

Best on Tue 20: 16 kn gusting 20, side-shore. Water: waves 1.3 m.

The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct7020knside-on1.2 mwaves
Mon 19Oct6418knside-on1.2 mwaves
Tue 20Oct8020knside1.3 mwaves
Wed 21Oct8024knside1.6 mwaves
Thu 22Oct8022knside1.7 mwaves
Fri 23Oct8023knside1.7 mwaves
Sat 24Oct8023knside1.5 mwaves
Sun 25Oct6919knside-on1.0 mwaves
Mon 26Oct4816knside-on0.8 mwaves
Tue 27Oct5417knside-on1.0 mwaves

Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.

The season

Good kite days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan3of 7
  2. Feb2of 7
  3. Mar0of 7
  4. Apr1of 7
  5. May2of 7
  6. Jun5of 7
  7. Jul6of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep7of 7
  10. Oct7of 7
  11. Nov6of 7
  12. Dec5of 7

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to FOR, changing at MIA, then 3h 20 by road. About 20h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Kite Icaraizinho

    16 kn gusting 20, side-shore. Water: waves 1.3 m.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Kite Icaraizinho

    19 kn gusting 24, side-shore. Water: waves 1.6 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Kite Icaraizinho

    17 kn gusting 22, side-shore. Water: waves 1.7 m.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Kite Icaraizinho

    17 kn gusting 23, side-shore. Water: waves 1.7 m.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Kite Icaraizinho

    17 kn gusting 23, side-shore. Water: waves 1.5 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to FOR, changing at MIA, then 3h 20 by road. About 20h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £755–£1,460 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

  • Flights £430–£895
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £50–£85
  • Stay £120–£195
  • Food £120–£220

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