Surf forecast: Icaraí de Amontada.
Icaraí de Amontada — Icaraizinho — is a fishing village turned wind-sports town about two hours west of Fortaleza. We will be straight with you about this one: it is a kite and wing destination, not a documented surf break. It appears in this cluster because AYON Ecosystem tracks it closely and because visitors ask, not because we can honestly sell you a wave here.
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Check the coastline at Icaraí de Amontada
This stretch is not yet a verified AYON Wave spot. The explorer runs a coastline check at these coordinates and shows the nearest verified breaks.
How it works here
The bay is roughly seventy per cent sand with a rock platform sitting around a hundred metres offshore, and the tide changes what the place fundamentally is. At low tide the platform shelters a flat, protected pool — which is exactly why it works so well for learning to kite. At high tide, waves break outside the reef. Reliable published data on swell direction, surf-specific tide and typical size simply does not exist for this spot, and we would rather say that than invent it.
- Bottom
- Mostly sand, with a rock platform roughly 100 m offshore.
Best season
For wind, June through December, side-shore at 25–30 knots and generally lighter than Jericoacoara. For surf, there is no documented season, because there is no documented break.
Tide at Icaraí de Amontada
Tide is the dominant variable here: low tide gives a sheltered flat-water pool inside the platform, high tide puts waves outside it.
The tide reading at the top of this page is live — rising or falling right now, and the next high or low, from modeled sea level, not an official harmonic tide table.
For the official tide table for Icaraí de Amontada and the Ceará coast, use Marinha do Brasil's tide tables (Centro de Hidrografia da Marinha) — the Fortaleza/Mucuripe station covers this stretch.
Conditions by level
One of the best places on this coast to learn to kite, thanks to the sheltered low-tide pool and a town built around teaching. As a place to learn to surf, it is not a spot we can recommend on the evidence available.
Relaxed, uncrowded wind conditions with easy flat-water sessions and space to progress.
Quieter and lighter than Jeri. Good for a low-stress wind trip, not for chasing waves.
Watch out for
- The offshore rock platform, which is a genuine hazard as the tide drops.
- Submerged fishermen's stakes, marked with red flags — take them seriously.
- Small fishing boats launching through the shallows, especially early morning.
- Little natural shade on the beach; equatorial sun exposure is a real risk here.
Getting there
About two hours by car west of Fortaleza along the coast road. Most visitors come for the wind season and stay in pousadas built around exactly that crowd.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a tide table for Icaraí de Amontada?
AYON Wave doesn't publish a fixed tide table for Icaraí de Amontada. It shows the live tide at the top of the spot page — rising or falling and the next high or low, from modeled sea level — alongside how the tide changes this wave. For the official tide table, use Marinha do Brasil (the Fortaleza/Mucuripe station covers the Ceará coast).
Is Icaraí de Amontada a surf spot?
Not really, and we would rather say so. It is a wind-sports bay — kite and wing — with a rock platform offshore and a sheltered flat-water pool at low tide. No credible surf guide documents it as a break, and swell direction, surf tide and typical wave size are simply not published anywhere we consider trustworthy.
Is Icaraí de Amontada the same as Icaraí de Caucaia?
No, and this catches people out constantly. When surf atlases say 'Icaraí' in Ceará they almost always mean Icaraí de Caucaia, a genuinely strong beach break just west of Fortaleza. Icaraí de Amontada is roughly 200 km further along the coast and is a different place with a different character.
When is the wind season at Icaraí de Amontada?
Roughly June through December, blowing side-shore at around 25–30 knots — generally a touch lighter and less intense than Jericoacoara, which is part of its appeal for people learning.