Tatajuba

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   Tatajuba

   mixed water

   Tatajuba is a fishing village of sand streets on the Ceara coast, in the municipality of Camocim, between Jericoacoara/Guriu and Camocim, and the kiting runs on the tide.

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   Camocim

   mixed water · mixed

   Camocim is a name that covers four different bits of water: the Rio Coreau delta and Ilha do Amor across from town, the ocean-facing peninsula running toward Maceio, Praia do Maceio itself, and Lagoa das Cangalhas in the dunes.

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1. The wind is stronger than the regional average implies. People arrive expecting a 20-knot cruise and end up on 6m and 8m kites, with the lighter locals on 7s and 25-35 knots treated as the ordinary case rather than a big day.

   consensus5 riders

2. The transfer is the price of admission. Four to five hours from Fortaleza, the last stretch across sand and river crossings that has to be timed against the tide, and an ordinary rental car does not make it. People routinely arrive in the middle of the night.

   consensus4 riders

3. Almost nobody is on the water by Ceara standards. Counts people give are a couple of kites in the lagoon and something like fifteen at the river mouth on a good day, which is the whole reason they came this far up the coast.

   consensus4 riders

4. The downwinders are what people actually talk about afterwards. Guriu down to Tatajuba, or Tatajuba down to Camocim, roughly 10-16 km each with a support vehicle, and the sunset run down the coast gets described as a career-best session.

   consensus4 riders

5. Tatajuba/Preá is where riders go in January-February once other Ceará spots lose consistent wind

   strong1 rider