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Continent:	South America
Country:	Brazil
Next Big City (Airport):	Rio de Janeiro
Next Town:	Barra da Tijuca
Latitude:	-23.0158
Longitude:	-43.3053
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing - Surfing	Features: - Shop - Rescue - Shower - Toilet - Food - Parking

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Water

Type:	- Chop - Small Wave (< 1m) - Medium Wave (1-3m)	Hazards: No Information

Quality:	- Clean	Best Tide: No Information

Open ocean water, usually small chop, sometimes big chop and sometimes real left breaking waves, it depends on the swell.

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Beach

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Big

Hazards:	- None	Beach crowds: - None

The beach looks perfect. Clear and soft sand, very large space to launch and land, some grass to setup your kite, nice crew support and rescue boat.

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Weather

Spring:	- Shorts - Shorty	Summer: - Shorts

Fall:	- Shorts - Shorty	Winter: - Normal Wetsuit

The air and water temperatures are most of the year pretty warm, during the winter is necessary to wear a wetsuit. The best season is September till December, but is possible to kite all year.

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Wind

Wind Statistic Wind Forecast Wind Report

Best Months:	No Information	Wind Type: - Thermal Winds - Trade Winds

Best Direction:	- NE - ENE - E	Main Direction: - NE - ENE - E - SW

Often wind direction is East/Northeast, the best for the spot, 3 to 4 days a week at the best season. Other times we have Southwest wind with big swells, North offshore wind and raining South wind. Normally 10-15 knots, sometimes 15-25 knots, rare 25-35 knots.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Short Walk

From the airport to the spot (Barra da Tijuca) by car takes 40 min and by bus 1 hour and 30 min. From the airport: go to the Red Road until the Ayrton Senna Road at the end on a beach made the U turn to east. Go close to the big Mountain Gavea.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- Restricted Zones

Restriction is based on kiting only in front of the spot, rules are the basic of kiting on waves and crowded places.

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Nightlife

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