Downwind routes in Ceará, Brazil.
Steady trade winds, warm water, and a coastline that runs downwind for hundreds of kilometers — Ceará is the closest thing kitesurfing has to a promised land. This is the route-by-route guide, built from the same local knowledge that powers AYON Wind.
Cumbuco, right now
Live from the same signal the AYON Wind app reads.
The routes, leg by leg.
Every leg below runs with the prevailing easterly trades on your back. Distances and direction windows match the route intelligence in AYON Wind.
Cumbuco Taíba
Intermediate- Distance
- 27 km
- Wind window
- E / ESE (90–115°)
- Typical time
- ~2 h
The classic first leg. Launch from Cumbuco's main beach and stay outside the shore break past Pecém — give the industrial port a wide berth. Check the tidal window (low–mid works best): the shore break at Taíba's landing gets heavy at high tide. Confirm your pickup or support boat before you launch.
Taíba Paracuru
Intermediate- Distance
- 28 km
- Wind window
- E / ESE
- Typical time
- ~2 h
Long, open beach riding with steady trade wind. Paracuru's reef and river mouth reshape the landing through the tide — read it from outside before committing, or ask a local rider where the day's channel is.
Paracuru Lagoinha
Intermediate- Distance
- 22 km
- Wind window
- E / ESE
- Typical time
- ~1.5 h
Shorter leg with some of the prettiest dune scenery on the coast. Lagoinha's headland can shadow the wind close in — hold your line offshore until you're past it, then come in with speed.
Multi-day Jericoacoara
Advanced / guided- Distance
- ~200 km
- Wind window
- E / ESE season winds
- Typical time
- 3–6 days
The full expedition: Cumbuco to Jericoacoara in legs, sleeping in fishing villages and pousadas along the way. River mouths, remote stretches, and long distances make a support crew (4×4 or boat) and local guiding the professional standard — this is the trip of a lifetime, done right.
Downwind rules the locals live by
- Never ride a downwinder alone — pairs minimum, with a confirmed pickup at the landing.
- Time the tide before you commit: several landings on this coast close out at high tide.
- Stay well offshore of Pecém's industrial port and every river mouth.
- Carry your phone in a waterproof case; ride with live tracking on when you can.
- If the wind dies mid-leg, land early at a village — don't stretch the last kilometers.