North East Brazil
When: October and November are the windiest months.
Where: Anywhere between Fortaleza (East) and Bitupita (West). There are hundreds of potential places to Windsurf or Kite. The wind is almost guaranteed, we were there for 60 days and had one day where the wind got as low as about 18 knots, all the other days were greater than 22 knots.
How: Fly into Fortaleza via the USA, we went Vancouver, LA, Miami, Fortaleza. We bought four boards,two freestyle boards and two wave boards, and 3.7, 4.0, 4.2, 4.5, 4.7, 5.0, we used all the the sails. Rentals are available in Jeri, Icaraizinho, and Maceio (Camocim), I'm sure there are many other places.
Bringing gear on the plane is not an issue, we paid nothing extra on the way there, and $300 on the way back. It's luck what you pay, we have travelled with gear many times, the most we paid was $600 for five boards once to Cape Town, the least is $0 all the way to Cape Town. Only book with Airlines that take gear, for example not with Air Canada or British Airways etc.
Mad Max Run to Jeri from Fortaleza, the last few hours are on the beach.
Airport to Jeri was about $200. Whatsapp Paulo Roberto ,+,55, 889,724.8three20. Very reliable.
The main break at Jeri. It's not as good as it looks, very gusty, and there are weeds! There are better places near Jeri if you're willing to sail 20 minutes up or down the beach. Up to Malhada or down past the sand dune.
Jeri is busy, the main attraction at sunset is to climb the sand dune. We were almost always on the water then.
An alternative to the sea is to take a truck to one of the lakes, driving 45 minutes along the beach takes one to Lagoa Grande, but there are a few to choose from, there are also a variety of spots along the way.
Taking the ferry to the lake spot
Rigging up on the lake..
Jeri is too busy, we ended up escaping further west to Maceio.
Maceio on Google Maps
We drove the 100km to Maceio along the beach with two ferries across rivers, here's the ferry to Camocim.
We much preferred Maceio, no crowds.
Maceio Beach at low to medium tide.
The windsurf and kite centre there, run by Italians from Sardinia. They are all incredible sailors, almost pro level freestyle skills.
Sabarra Windsurf and Kite
We stored our gear here for $8 per day each, worth the convenience of having the gear rigged on the beach. They also rent gear at about $60 per day for two weeks.
We stayed close to the beach at the
Hotel Close to Beach Maceio , huge breakfast is included everyday. $30 to $70 per night depending on duration, room, and dates.
Jen heading out with 2015 World Champ, Dieter Van Der Eiken.
Amado Vrieswyk doing a double air Culo.
Dieter Van Der Eiken backloop.
Jen getting free tips from Colin "Whippy Dixon", he's a good sailor with many moves.
Sunset sailing at Maceio. The spot is very easy and safe, the worst that can happen is you'll end up having to walk back along a sandy beach. The bottom is all sand except for s few rocks far upwind at low tide.
I finally got some Shaka's after years of trying! The kickers at Maceio make it so much easier.
Jen heading out at Maceio on the incoming tide when it is nice and smooth between the kickers. Our new Sailworks sails handled 60 days of sailing very well.
Unfortunately we had to leave, somehow a 23kg bag only weighs 12kg.
Transfer back to Fortaleza was 360 km , 5-6 hours and cost about $250.