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Barra Grande, Brazil

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About Barra Grande

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces N, so wind from the S 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 N. Wind from the N blows onshore, wind from the S blows out to sea, and wind from the E or W runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 7.1 km out (1 in 714). The sea is about 27°C in September, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Barra Grande.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Fri 23: 18 kn gusting 33, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.2 m.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct6732knside-on1.1 mwaves
Mon 19Oct5231knside-on1.1 mwaves
Tue 20Oct5330knside-on1.1 mwaves
Wed 21Oct6933knside-on1.2 mwaves
Thu 22Oct5732knside-on1.2 mwaves
Fri 23Oct7333knside-on1.2 mwaves
Sat 24Oct3531knside-on0.9 mwaves
Sun 25Oct5431knside-on0.8 mwaves
Mon 26Oct1828knside-onchop
Tue 27Oct3729knside-on0.9 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 windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan0of 7
  2. Feb0of 7
  3. Mar0of 7
  4. Apr0of 7
  5. May0of 7
  6. Jun0of 7
  7. Jul0of 7
  8. Aug0of 7
  9. Sep0of 7
  10. Oct0of 7
  11. Nov0of 7
  12. Dec0of 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 windsurf. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Windsurf Barra Grande

    16 kn gusting 30, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.1 m.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Windsurf Barra Grande

    17 kn gusting 33, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.2 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf Barra Grande

    17 kn gusting 32, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.2 m.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf Barra Grande

    18 kn gusting 33, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.2 m.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 17 kn gusting 31, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.9 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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