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Cumbuco

Praia do Cumbuco · Lagoa do Cauípe

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“Go”: a rideable window long enough to count. “Marginal”: it might work, not for long enough to promise. “No wind”: nothing rideable today. “Not yet”: too far out, or the models still disagree. Drawn as an outline, never a colour. The small line underneath says where the number comes from: which models, whether they are corrected against wind measured at this spot, and whether what you see was measured or forecast.

Alísio reaches 12 kn, but not for long enough. It might work.

Model ensemble · not calibrated here yet · forecast, not measured what that means

Last night’s window has gone: peak now 12 kn

8–12kn 07:00–18:00

Alísio · E/SE · Cross-onshore 47°

Hour by hour
Each bar is one hour's forecast, coloured by your range: solid inside it, amber just short or gusty, muted outside. On a day nothing reaches your range, nothing takes a colour: there is data, and it is honestly short.

07:0013:0018:00

Peak 12 kn at 10:00.

Water
28°
Air
27°
Suit
Boardshorts (lycra for the sun)
Morning
29°
Midday
30°
Afternoon
29°
Evening
27°
Rising · next low 03:00 · wave 1.3 m · cross-onshore 47°

Wind angle

Cross-onshore

47°

Tide
The curve is today's water level; the marker is now. The times are the next high and low water. Tide gets a card here because it genuinely changes the session at this spot; where it doesn't, no card is shown.

Rising · 0.6 m · range 1.1 m

Next high
20:000.7 m
Next low
03:00-0.3 m

A real Atlantic tide on a flat beach. High water narrows the sand and stacks up chop; low water opens a wide strip of hard, flat sand and smooths the inside. Locals plan sessions, and the buggy runs along the beach, around low tide.

Wave

Wave
1.3 m
Period
5 s
From
ENE
Local knowledgeThe Cauípe lagoon is zoned: the south half is for beginners and lessons, the north half…

The Cauípe lagoon is zoned: the south half is for beginners and lessons, the north half for riders. Respect the split; the lagoon only holds a few dozen kites.

Cauípe is packed by noon in season and weekends add locals, windsurfers and swimmers along the shore. Come early or late for space; keep well clear of the bathing edge.

About riding CumbucoCumbuco is a dune-backed fishing village half an hour northwest of Fortaleza that became…

Cumbuco is a dune-backed fishing village half an hour northwest of Fortaleza that became the front door of Brazil's kite coast. The E/SE trade returns day after day through the season, the village beach launches straight into warm, easy water, and the dead-flat Lagoa do Cauípe waits a few kilometres downwind. Dozens of schools work the sand, and the downwinders northwest toward Pecém and Taíba are the classic way to spend an afternoon.

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About this forecastModel ensemble · not calibrated here yet · forecast, not measured

No openly available high-resolution weather model covers this spot (some commercial sites run private local models). The forecast runs on continental and global models, which resolve the coastline more coarsely; expect a wider margin than at a spot with a local model.

No live wind sensor here yet. The number above is forecast, not measured.