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Kitesurfing in Rio de Janeiro

4 spots · 0 destinations

Rio's four spots span lagoon and ocean: Praia Seca on Lagoa de Araruama has the region's best-documented beginner water, shallow and sandy-bottomed, while K08 at Barra da Tijuca has run ocean-beach teaching at Praia do Pepe since 2001 on the summer NE/E sea breeze.

Spots with a rule4a permit, a zone or a closed season in the recordBeginner spots3where the record says a beginner can rideSeasonJuly to Marchsomewhere in the regionWindsnone namednamed by two or more of its spots

Búzios adds Manguinhos, reliable July to January with 15 to 25 knot NE wind, and Cabo Frio's Praia do Foguete, where Lagoinha do Foguete is a small dedicated learning cove.

Rio de Janeiro holds 4 kitesurf spots in our atlas, grouped into 0 destinations. Riding here is mostly lagoons. 3 of them suits beginners.

When you may ride

the rules these spots carry, with the year on each

K08 Barra da TijucaRio de Janeiro20162016: Rio de Janeiro municipal decree expanded the allowed kitesurf/kiteboarding area at Praia do Pepe to the stretch between Rio-Orla kiosks A7B7 and A9B9 on Avenida do Pepe; areas must be marked with buoys/signage under G-MAR guidance, maintain at least 100 m from the shorebreak, and keep a 50 m marked access corridor to the sea.
2016: Rio de Janeiro municipal decree expanded the allowed kitesurf/kiteboarding area at Praia do Pepe to the stretch between Rio-Orla kiosks A7B7 and A9B9 on Avenida do Pepe; areas must be marked with buoys/signage under G-MAR guidance, maintain at least 100 m from the shorebreak, and keep a 50 m marked access corridor to the sea.

The whole rule, on the K08 Barra da Tijuca page

Praia de ManguinhosArmacao dos Buzios2002Beach use in Buzios, Manguinhos included, runs under municipal Lei Complementar 6/2002, in force in 2025, which does not mention kitesurfing; commercial nautical-sport operations sit under Lei 41/1997. A 2021 bill, PL 09/2021, would allow informal beach sports along Manguinhos except on the stretch from Porto da Barra to the Pier de Manguinhos, and outside designated zones would bar them 08:00-17:00 from December to March and 09:00-15:00 the rest of the year.
Beach use in Buzios, Manguinhos included, runs under municipal Lei Complementar 6/2002, in force in 2025, which does not mention kitesurfing; commercial nautical-sport operations sit under Lei 41/1997. A 2021 bill, PL 09/2021, would allow informal beach sports along Manguinhos except on the stretch from Porto da Barra to the Pier de Manguinhos, and outside designated zones would bar them 08:00-17:00 from December to March and 09:00-15:00 the rest of the year.

The whole rule, on the Praia de Manguinhos page

Praia do FogueteCabo Frio2003Cabo Frio Lei 1.736/2003, amended by Lei 3.048/2019 and still in force, regulates use of maritime, river and lagoon beach-adjacent areas; motorized vessels must stay at least 200 m from shore in bathing areas.
Cabo Frio Lei 1.736/2003, amended by Lei 3.048/2019 and still in force, regulates use of maritime, river and lagoon beach-adjacent areas; motorized vessels must stay at least 200 m from shore in bathing areas.

The whole rule, on the Praia do Foguete page

Praia SecaAraruama20262026: no municipal or state rule specific to kitesurfing on the Praia Seca shore of Lagoa de Araruama was found, and the Araruama municipal site carries nothing on the sport.
2026: no municipal or state rule specific to kitesurfing on the Praia Seca shore of Lagoa de Araruama was found, and the Araruama municipal site carries nothing on the sport.

The whole rule, on the Praia Seca page

Each block is the opening of the record's own rule, kept in its own words. Where two postings do not line up, both are kept and neither is picked for you.

The winds here

what the spot records call the wind, and the knots they quote

No wind is named across this region

Fewer than two of its spots give the wind a local name. Each spot page carries its own directions and knots.

Destinations in Rio de Janeiro

All spots in Rio de Janeiro

K08 Barra da TijucaseaPraia de Manguinhossea · beginner okPraia do Foguetesea · beginner okPraia Secalagoon · beginner ok

Regions come from OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries; each spot page carries the record behind it. This list runs A to Z, and no spot here is filed above tier 3.

Last updated September 2026