Pecém

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Water:

Clean water. Waves breaking in perfect sets and between waves perfectly flat. Tide starts to change every 6 hours approx. Size of waves 1-2m (sometimes more). Nice clean breaking waves over sandy bottom. Wind blows mostly side to the waves.

Beach:

The beach is the beginning of a very long bay. White, untouched sand. A lot of space to land kites. In high tide often it's formed a flat water lagoon that can be 150x80m. Many different places to start riding and do downwinders.

Weather:

Sunny and warm. Water 30°C and air 35°C. Season is all year. Rainy season from February to June, but only rains shortly and then the sun is back.

Wind:

Wind starting offshore to move around noon sideoffshore to sideshore, sometimes around 3pm turns a bit sideonshore. From July to January almost 100% wind. February to June about 65%. Mostly used sizes 10-16 sqm. The pier upwind can make the wind gustier than elsewhere.

How to get there:

There is a bifurcation after the entrance to Lagoa de Banana, some 5 kms later, there are no sign how to get there. At the end of the road there's a ride on the beach of some hundreds of meters. You can drive on the beach. At low tide no problem, at high tide it gets tricky. But you need a 4x4 or buggy.

Rules & Restrictions:

A few wooden sticks in the water in the shallow area, so be careful.

Nightlife:

No nightlife.

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