Guriú

Ceará · Guriú village; Jericoacoara is the main nearby kite base

also known as Praia de Guriú, Laguna Guriú

Part of Jericoacoara →

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beginner-friendlymedium crowds

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The spot
Wind
Forecast
Month by month
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Riding essentials

Season

Jul–Dec

Months riders and schools name

How windy

15-25 kt

Character: mixed

Room to launch

huge

access rules on record, below

Water

mixed

28.7 °C in summerThe draw is the flat water inside the river mouth, with mangroves along the edges

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Beginner to advanced

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

medium crowds · busy Jul Aug Sep Oct

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

Pessoa Regional Airport (JJD)

Transfer times under Getting there

When it fills in

Builds around midday and is strongest through the afternoon until sunset.

Nearbystraight-line distance

Backup spotsWhere riders go when the wind doesn't work here.

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Camocim / Rio Coreaú delta

The spot

Guriú is the river mouth west of Jericoacoara, in Camocim, on the way to Tatajuba. You come for the flat water: a shallow lagoon-like stretch inside the Rio Guriú mouth, mangroves on the edges, and chop with small waves once you are out past the bar.

Wind

The wind is the same Ceará trade wind as Jeri, E to SE, July through December with useful days into January, building around midday and strongest through the afternoon until sunset; 15-25 kt is the usual quote and the logged average is 22.9 kt.

Tide

The tide is the argument. Low to mid is the window most often recommended for flat water, but a very low tide shrinks the rideable area and a higher stage opens space while adding chop, so ask on the day rather than trusting the table.

Access

You get here by buggy or 4x4 from Jeri in 20-40 minutes and cross the river by canoe or ferry; a good share of the people on the water are mid-downwinder on the Jericoacoara-Guriú-Tatajuba run with a pickup already arranged.

Conditions

There is a local school and the water is shallow, so beginners do learn here, but there is no lifeguard, there is current at the mouth on the way in and out, the afternoon wind in peak season is strong, and the village has a few pousadas and not much else.

Bring water, some cash and spares.

The wind

locals call it trade winds / brisa, sometimes classed as thermal-trade

Direction

cross-onE to SE

Direction to shore

cross-on

Kite sizes

567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

The quiver, in words

Indicative, derived from the recorded wind rather than a local log: with 15-25 knots the usual quote and a logged 22.9 knot season average, a 75-85 kg rider takes a 9 m for the build around midday and a 7 m for the strong afternoons through the July-to-December core.A 12 m only earns its place in the January shoulder or a slow morning.Nobody has published a size table for Guriu.

Character

mixed

When it fills in: see above ↑

Average strength

22.9 kt average; 15-25 kt and 18-30 kt are the in-season ranges quoted.

Typical strength

15-25 kt, sometimes stronger in the afternoon

steady and strong in the main windy season, but tide and local mangrove/river-mouth effects still matter

July-December is the core season, with useful wind often running into January and the ocean side sometimes rideable into February. Rainy season is February-May.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

Jan58
Feb23
Mar2
Apr0
May2
Jun28
Jul, riders' month76
Aug, riders' month97
Sep, riders' month100
Oct, riders' month100
Nov, riders' month98
Dec, riders' month85

windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

58%Jan29°
23%Feb29°
2%Mar30°
0%Apr30°
2%May30°
28%Jun29°
76%Jul28°
97%Aug28°
100%Sep28°
100%Oct28°
98%Nov28°
85%Dec29°

windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+) · water °C below · season highlighted

Modelled from the operational forecast archive at 1.5–7 km (2023-2024), daylight hours only, not a ground station: it resolves thermal, lake and valley winds far better than coarse reanalysis but still tends to understate a strong local thermal.

Every figure, month by monthWindy days · Force 4+ · 12 kn or more · Knots · Wind from · Peaks at · Air · Water · Readings

Month	Windy days	Force 4+	12 kn or more	Knots	Wind from	Peaks at	Air	Water	Readings
Jan	58%	74%	69%	12.7 kt	ENE	15:00	27.2 °C	29.1 °C	62
Feb	23%	56%	39%	11.1 kt	ENE	14:00	26.8 °C	29.2 °C	57
Mar	2%	26%	10%	9.4 kt	ENE	13:00	26.1 °C	29.6 °C	62
Apr	0%	13%	7%	8.7 kt	ENE	13:00	26.4 °C	30 °C	60
May	2%	37%	13%	10.6 kt	ESE	13:00	26.8 °C	29.8 °C	62
Jun	28%	75%	48%	12.1 kt	ESE	12:00	26.9 °C	29.2 °C	60
Jul	76%	98%	95%	14.2 kt	ENE	15:00	27.3 °C	28.4 °C	62
Aug	97%	100%	100%	16.1 kt	ENE	16:00	27.6 °C	27.9 °C	62
Sep	100%	100%	100%	18.2 kt	ENE	15:00	27.8 °C	27.8 °C	60
Oct	100%	100%	100%	18.4 kt	ENE	14:00	27.9 °C	28 °C	62
Nov	98%	100%	98%	17.3 kt	ENE	14:00	27.9 °C	28.3 °C	60
Dec	85%	97%	92%	15.3 kt	ENE	15:00	28 °C	28.7 °C	62

How this is modelledmodelled · 2023-2024

A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.

A windy day has at least three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more. The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.

High-resolution weather model (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical forecast archive — best-match operational model (ICON-D2 / AROME / ICON-EU / GFS by region), not a ground station · 2023-2024

The water

Type

mixed

Standing depth

Shallow enough to stand over much of the river-mouth flat, but how much of it stands moves with the tide: at a very low tide the rideable lagoon shrinks, and at high tide there is water over the whole delta and it is described as standing depth throughout. Sandbars shift at the mouth. No measured depth exists.

Tides

Tide-driven river-mouth lagoon, and the published advice pulls two ways. Low to mid is the window most often recommended for the flattest water, and at a very low tide the rideable area shrinks to little.High tide reads the other way: the delta fills and stands throughout, with far more room, and chop arriving off the ocean side. Both are stated plainly by people who ride it.Ask on the day rather than trusting a table, and plan the session around the tide rather than the clock.

Temperature

28.7 °C summer · 27 °C winter

Modelled monthly average: 28–30 °C

Wetsuit

No wetsuit. Boardshorts or a bikini, and a rash vest for the sun.

Currents

River-mouth current on the way in and out of the ocean; strength varies with the tide.

Conditions

The draw is the flat water inside the river mouth, with mangroves along the edges. Outside, and whenever the tide turns, it goes to chop and small waves. At very low tide the flat area shrinks.

The shallow sections are where the freestyle and the lessons happen; the small waves offshore are for everyone else.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Shallow flat water, so beginners can learn here. Against that: it is isolated, the afternoon wind is strong, the tide changes the rideable area, there is current at the mouth and the water is often full of downwinders passing through. Learn with the local school or with buggy or boat support, not on your own.

The scene

What riders come here for

flat-water freestylefreeridewakestyledownwinders from Jericoacoaradownwinders toward Tatajubasmall-wave/strapless practice outside the river-mouth flat water

Small fishing village with almost no tourist infrastructure. The village is quiet; the water is not, in season, when coaching groups and the Jeri downwinders come through.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

3 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: huge

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

4 spots nearby

All 4 spots within 40 km are under Nearby

Rescue

No lifeguard and no dedicated rescue confirmed. Trip organizers run buggy pickups for downwinders; beyond that, rescue is whatever your school or guide has arranged.

Launch

Long sandy beach at the river mouth, wide, with nothing to hit. Getting to it means a 4x4 or buggy over beach or dunes and, depending on which side you are on, a canoe or the ferry across the river.

Hazards riders report 10 reported

Wind

strong afternoon wind in peak season

Bottom

sandbars and changing depth at the river mouth

Waves and currents

river-mouth current
changing conditions with the tide
river-mouth current and tidal current when entering or leaving the ocean
kiteable flat area can become restricted at very low tide

Other

ferry crossing required for access
mangroves on the edges of the riding area
isolated access requiring 4x4/buggy, canoe, or ferry logistics
limited services compared with Jericoacoara or Preá

Rules & access

1 min read

2026: no kitesurf-specific ordinance, zoning or community rule for the Rio Guriu mouth was located.

Protected area rules

What does apply is the protected area: the Barra do Rio Guriu is the western boundary of Parque Nacional de Jericoacoara, created in 2002 and later enlarged to 8,850 hectares taking in a strip of sea one kilometre wide running parallel to the coast - the year of that enlargement is given inconsistently as 2005 and 2007.

That puts the water immediately east of the river mouth inside a federal park administered by ICMBio, with its rules on dunes, vehicle access and mangrove, while the village and the west bank sit in Camocim outside it. Nothing dated states how kiting is treated inside the marine strip, so ride the east side on the assumption that park rules exist and ask the local school.

Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.

Schools that ride here

Rider tips

Ask the school or your guide which tide is working that day; the published tide advice for Guriú contradicts itself.
If you are on the Jeri-Guriú-Tatajuba downwinder, fix your pickup before you launch; nothing gets arranged on the spot.
Go out low to mid tide for the flattest water, and at a very low tide expect the rideable lagoon to shrink.
Stay off the mangrove edges and give the canoes and the ferry room at the crossing.
No wetsuit, water is 27-28.7 C, but the sun is brutal: rash vest and sunscreen.
Bring water, some cash and spares; Guriú has a fraction of what Jericoacoara has.

Getting there

Airport

Jericoacoara/Comandante Ariston Pessoa Regional Airport (JJD) is the nearest regional airport; Fortaleza (FOR) remains the larger international gateway.

Route

From Jericoacoara you go by buggy or 4x4 along the west-side route and cross the Rio Guriú by ferry or canoe. There is also an inland way in: CE-085 to Tiaia de Baixo, then 17 km north to Guriú and the west side of the river mouth.

Transfer

20-40 minutes from Jericoacoara by buggy or 4x4; airport-to-Guriú time unconfirmed.

Cost level

medium-high for Brazil if relying on private 4x4/buggy transfers and boutique lodging; budget options exist but are limited compared with Jericoacoara

Staying

Not much in Guriú itself: Casa Uca, DuMangue Kite House and a few small pousadas and houses. Most people base in Jericoacoara and come over for sessions or downwind pickups.

No-wind days

Seahorse and mangrove tours on the Rio Guriú, the Mangue Seco and Trilha do Mangue walks, a buggy run over the dunes, the Casa Uca beach club, sunset, or a day trip toward Tatajuba or back to Jericoacoara.

Photos

FAQ

When is the best time to kitesurf at Guriú?

July through December is the core season, with wind building around midday and strongest through the afternoon.

Is Guriú suitable for beginners?

The river-mouth lagoon is shallow and flat enough for lessons, but isolation and tide dependence mean beginners should use a local school rather than ride unsupervised.

What is the wind like?

East to southeast trade wind typically runs 15-25 knots, sometimes stronger in the afternoon.

How do you get to Guriú?

Riders reach it from Jericoacoara by buggy or 4x4, or by canoe or ferry across the Rio Guriú, since the village sits across the river mouth.

What hazards should I know about?

River-mouth and tidal currents are flagged at the crossing, the kiteable flat area can shrink at very low tide, and mangroves line parts of the riding zone.

The bigger pictureEverything about Jericoacoara

Last updated: August 2026