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Lagoa da Conceicao

also known as Lagoa da Conceição

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On this page

Wind
- Month by month
Forecast
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
- Rescue
Hazards
Rules & access
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Nearby Riozinho do Campeche 13 km · Praia da Daniela 16 km · Passagem do Maciambu 33 km · straight-line distance

SeasonJan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Decthe months riders and schools name How windy12-18 ktmixed LaunchVaries by access; some northern and school entries are small. The main school kitepoint is a wide lawn with parking, a toilet, a shower, a compressor and camera surveillance, and charges day use.access rules on record, below Waterlagoon27°C in summer · 9 things riders flag LevelBeginner to advancedwith a caveat, in the Level section Schools5named at this spot From the airportin words under Getting thereLuz International Airport (FLN)

On the clock

09:00 · 17:00

The summer northeast fills in on most afternoons. Cold-front southerlies arrive with the front, at any hour, and hold for a short window rather than a day. Lessons are booked between 09:00 and 17:00 off the daily forecast.

The marks are the clock times the record names, laid on a 24-hour day. The bar between the first and the last covers those hours; it is not a promise of wind.

Lagoa da Conceicao is the salt lagoon in the middle of Florianopolis and the city's main school base. No surf inside, water flat to choppy, big shallow areas where the schools teach.

The wind is not a trade wind and it does not blow every day: N/NE sea breeze in the warm season, usually afternoons, and S/SSE/SE when a cold front comes through, sometimes past 35 kt in winter. September to April is the season, November to February the strongest for the NE.

The lagoon has many accesses and which shore you rig on depends on the direction that day; get it wrong and you are launching offshore or into dirty wind. Sailboats, jet skis and learner traffic share the water, and it gets gusty on the stronger days.

Water is 27 C in summer and 18 C in winter, so a 3/2 mm for the cold front days. FLN is 15 to 17.5 km away, 20-35 minutes by taxi, and whether the Capitania dos Portos has any kite-specific restriction inside the lagoon in 2026 is unconfirmed.

The wind

Direction

Kite sizes

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metres · typical quiver highlighted

Character

mixed

fills in: The summer northeast fills in on most afternoons. Cold-front southerlies arrive with the front, at any hour, and hold for a short window rather than a day. Lessons are booked between 09:00 and 17:00 off the daily forecast.

Typical strength

12-18 kt is the comfortable learning range; front days can exceed 35 kt in winter around Florianopolis.

Good weekly wind opportunities but not a constant trade-wind destination; the lagoon can be gusty, especially when stronger.

September to April is the main season, with November to February strongest for the summer northeast, which comes in on most afternoons. Winter is the least steady stretch but delivers short, hard cold-front southerlies, up to 30-35 kt and cold with it. Averaged over the year, count on roughly three to four days with wind a week.

Thermal or synoptic

thermal summer northeast plus synoptic cold fronts

The quiver, in words

A 12 m and a 9 m cover an intermediate rider of about 75-85 kg through most of the season: the 12 m is the everyday size, the 9 m is for the front days. Lighter riders are pointed at 7 m plus a 9 or 10 m.Under about 11 kt it is a foil or wing day, not a twin-tip day.

Direction to shore

Variable by launch around the lagoon; shore choice depends on wind direction.

Dominant direction

N/NE in the warm season; S/SSE/SE with cold fronts. N and S are the best directions.

Forecast

Month by month

Jan, riders' month47
Feb, riders' month27
Mar, riders' month44
Apr, riders' month48
May43
Jun52
Jul48
Aug62
Sep, riders' month67
Oct, riders' month60
Nov, riders' month58
Dec, riders' month54

per cent of the month at force 4 or more

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

11Jan27°
10Feb28°
11Mar28°
11Apr25°
10May23°
11Jun20°
11Jul18°
12Aug19°
13Sep21°
12Oct22°
12Nov24°
12Dec26°

avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted

Month	Force 4+	Knots	From	Air	Water
Jan	47%	11 kt	N	24.9°C	27.2°C
Feb	27%	9.7 kt	S	25.2°C	27.9°C
Mar	44%	10.7 kt	N	24.7°C	27.5°C
Apr	48%	11 kt	N	22.3°C	24.6°C
May	43%	10.3 kt	N	19.7°C	22.6°C
Jun	52%	10.9 kt	N	18°C	20.3°C
Jul	48%	11.2 kt	N	17.1°C	17.9°C
Aug	62%	12.1 kt	N	17.3°C	18.8°C
Sep	67%	12.5 kt	N	19°C	20.6°C
Oct	60%	12.1 kt	N	20.2°C	21.6°C
Nov	58%	12.2 kt	S	21.8°C	24°C
Dec	54%	11.9 kt	NNE	23.5°C	25.7°C

modelled

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

Modelled from weather reanalysis on a 10–25 km grid (2022-2024), not a ground station: reliable for trade and synoptic winds, understates thermal sea breezes and valley winds. 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.

ERA5 reanalysis grid point (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical weather API — ECMWF ERA5/ERA5-Land reanalysis, not a ground station · 2022-2024

The water

Type

lagoon

Standing depth

Flat and not deep: a large shallow area you can stand in on the school side, deeper toward the middle of the lagoon. No depth figures have been published.

Tides

Kitesurfing conditions do not depend on tide at the lagoon.

Temperature

27°C summer · 18°C winter

Wetsuit

Usually rash vest/shorts in summer; shorty in spring/autumn; 3/2 mm full suit is commonly advised in winter and on cold northeast-wind days.

18–28°C water

Flat to slightly choppy salt-lagoon water with no surf inside the lagoon. Sandy/shallow sections are used for teaching and progression, while stronger days can be gusty.

Your level

beginnerintermediateadvanced

Beginners use the flat, shallow and school-managed zones; intermediate and advanced riders use the wider lagoon for freeride, foil, internal downwinds and big-air practice. Stronger S/front days and gusts raise the difficulty.

The scene

What riders come here for

freerideprogressionfoilbig airlearningflat water

Busy Florianopolis lagoon scene with schools, beginners and advanced local riders sharing the water; summer brings tourists and traffic around Lagoa.

Launch and rules

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

With a school or a boat

5 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: Varies by access; some northern and school entries are small. The main school kitepoint is a wide lawn with parking, a toilet, a shower, a compressor and camera surveillance, and charges day use.

access rules on record

Somewhere else

Riozinho do Campeche, 13 km

Riozinho do Campeche Praia da Daniela Passagem do Maciambu

Every spot within 40 km is on the map at the top of this page, with its distance under it.

Rescue

Lessons run with a support boat at the school kitepoints and schools cover their own students. Nothing public exists for independent riders, and no paid rescue outside lessons was found.

Launch

Public accesses and school day-use kitepoints around Lagoa da Conceicao; pick the shore for the day's wind direction.

Space

Varies by access; some northern and school entries are small. The main school kitepoint is a wide lawn with parking, a toilet, a shower, a compressor and camera surveillance, and charges day use.

Rules & access

2026: no kite-specific municipal or port-authority restriction inside Lagoa da Conceicao is published, and the Marinha and municipal legislation registers are not readable online. What binds in practice is local: several shoreline kitepoints are private school grounds that charge a day-use fee, other accesses around the lagoon are public and free, and school lessons run between 09:00 and 17:00. Offshore-wind launches are discouraged locally in favour of onshore or side-shore accesses.

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

Rider tips

Ask a school which access fits the day's wind before you rig; the wrong shore puts you offshore.
Treat S and cold-front days as advanced: colder, stronger, short-lived and gusty.
Keep clear of the school teaching zones and watch for sailboats and jet skis mid-lagoon.
Pack a 12 m and a 9 m; the 12 m covers most days, the 9 m the front days, and the schools rent the rest.
Read the balneability report after heavy rain or in Dec-Feb before you spend a day in the water.
Some shoreline kitepoints are private and charge day use; the public accesses around the lagoon are free.
2026 lesson prices run about R$350-400 an hour one-to-one, with ten-hour packages between roughly R$3,200 and R$3,600.
Wetsuit by season: shorty or lycra from September to May, a 3/2 mm full suit from May to August and on the cold northeast days.

Getting there

Airport

Florianopolis-Hercilio Luz International Airport (FLN)

Route

Drive or taxi from FLN to Lagoa da Conceicao through Florianopolis city roads; Lagoa is around 15 km from the airport on the short count and about 17.5 km by road.

Transfer

20-35 by car/taxi depending on traffic

Cost level

medium

Staying

Many pousadas, hostels, hotels and apartments around Lagoa da Conceicao, Avenida das Rendeiras and nearby east-coast beaches.

No-wind days

Surf beaches at Joaquina, Praia Mole and Barra da Lagoa, sandboarding at the Joaquina/Lagoa dunes, SUP/kayak/pedal boats on the lagoon, boat trips, restaurants and nightlife in Lagoa.

Photos

Trilha 1 vista da costa da lagoa — Andreacristinatrentini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FAQ

When is the best time to kitesurf at Lagoa da Conceição?

September to April is the main wind season, with November to February strongest for the summer northeast pattern.

Is Lagoa da Conceição suitable for beginners?

Yes, beginners use the flat, shallow, school-managed zones of the lagoon, while stronger south front days and gusts raise the difficulty.

What is the wind like?

Northeast wind dominates in the warm season while south to southeast cold fronts bring stronger, colder wind that can exceed 35 knots in winter.

Are there kite schools nearby?

Yes, several schools operate around the lagoon, including Gokite Escola de Kitesurf and Mané Kite School.

Is the launch space limited?

Launch choice varies by access point around the lagoon, and riders should pick the shore that matches the day's wind direction.

Last updated: August 2026