Sea · Santa Catarina · Brazil
Praia da Pinheira
Best for kiting from April to May and from July to December, with 50 to 66 % kite days. Water 17 to 25 °C.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- Ringed: this month
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Confidence highHourly model data, 2017 to 2025, checked against the season shape of a nearby weather station, a regional model or a documented season.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 61 % Primeabout 19 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 39 %
- Kiteable 61 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 8 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 9 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 6.3 expected
- Best hours
- 11:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 12.7 h
- Water
- 21 °C, spring suit
- Air
- 21 °Cdaily maximum, 21 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 15 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Praia da Pinheira averaged 19 kite days out of 31 (61 %). Water 21 °C, spring suit. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
| Kite days% of days | 46 | 43 | 48 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 54 | 65 | 66 | 61 | 66 | 57 |
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| Verdictshare plus good years | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 4 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 8 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 4 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 2 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 12 to 18 | 12 to 17 | 13 to 17 | 14 to 17 | 12 to 17 | 11 to 16 | 12 to 17 | 11 to 17 | 12 to 17 | 11 to 17 | 12 to 18 | 12 to 18 |
| Daylighth | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 13.9 |
| Water°C at the surface | 26 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 17 of 31 | 12 of 28 | 15 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 11 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 7 of 31 | 9 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 15 of 31 | 14 of 30 | 14 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | shorty | shorts | shorty | shorty | spring | 3/2 | 4/3 | 3/2 | 3/2 | spring | spring | shorty |
- In January, Praia da Pinheira averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (46 %). Water 26 °C, shorty. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
- In February, Praia da Pinheira averaged 12 kite days out of 28 (43 %). Water 27 °C, boardshorts. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
- In March, Praia da Pinheira averaged 15 kite days out of 31 (48 %). Water 26 °C, shorty. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in March got at least 5 kite days.
- In April, Praia da Pinheira averaged 16 kite days out of 30 (53 %). Water 24 °C, shorty. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
- In May, Praia da Pinheira averaged 15 kite days out of 31 (50 %). Water 22 °C, spring suit. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
- In June, Praia da Pinheira averaged 15 kite days out of 30 (49 %). Water 20 °C, 3/2. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
- In July, Praia da Pinheira averaged 17 kite days out of 31 (54 %). Water 17 °C, 4/3. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
- In August, Praia da Pinheira averaged 20 kite days out of 31 (65 %). Water 18 °C, 3/2. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
- In September, Praia da Pinheira averaged 20 kite days out of 30 (66 %). Water 20 °C, 3/2. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
- In October, Praia da Pinheira averaged 19 kite days out of 31 (61 %). Water 21 °C, spring suit. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
- In November, Praia da Pinheira averaged 20 kite days out of 30 (66 %). Water 23 °C, spring suit. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
- In December, Praia da Pinheira averaged 18 kite days out of 31 (57 %). Water 25 °C, shorty. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in December got at least 5 kite days.
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at Praia da Pinheira
How often a trip of your length got at least half its days with kite wind, 2017 to 2025, capped at 9 in 10.
- January4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.4 expected
- February5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.4 expected
- March7 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.0 expected
- April7 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.3 expected
- May5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.9 expected
- June6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.9 expected
- July7 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.5 expected
- August9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.7 expected
- September8 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.3 expected
- October (now)9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.3 expected
- November9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.5 expected
- December8 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.6 expected
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
Trip odds by start week
Pick your start week and trip length. Each cell: of all trips of that length that started in that week between 2017 and 2025, how many in 10 got at least half their days with kite wind.
Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
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Colours as in the kite year: 6 in 10 and more like Prime · 4 to 5 in 10 like Good · 2 to 3 in 10 like Possible · under 2 in 10 like Off · No data hatched (fewer than 30 trips) · Ringed: this week · Raised: your start week
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that week between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
9 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 45 (e.g. 5 to 11 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).
Zero wind trips: fewer than 1 in 20
about 6.4 kite days expected out of 10
Kite days per trip, 63 trips
Bars right of the line are good trips (5 kite days or more).
How the wind behaves
In November, the windiest month
- Too light 34 %
- Kiteable 66 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 34 %, kiteable on 66 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 12:00 to 18:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often NNE (23°).
Kitesurfing at Praia da Pinheira: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Praia da Pinheira?
The best months are April to May and July to December: from 2017 to 2025, 50 to 66 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Praia da Pinheira windy in October?
Yes, very. 61 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 19 days in a typical October. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Praia da Pinheira?
The water ranges from 17 °C in July to 27 °C in February. In October it is about 21 °C (wetsuit: spring suit).
How many kite days does Praia da Pinheira get in a year?
About 200 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
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Spot facts
- Region
- Santa Catarina
- Country
- Brazil
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Hercílio Luz International Airport (FLN), 22 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-03:00 in October
- Coordinates
- -27.8605, -48.6016
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in Santa Catarina
Kite days in October, % of days
- Armação
Brazil · 2 points more kite days than Praia da Pinheira in October
63 %Kite days by month at Armação: Jan 51 %, Feb 46 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 56 %, May 53 %, Jun 56 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 70 %, Sep 67 %, Oct 63 %, Nov 69 %, Dec 59 % - Garopaba
Brazil · 6 points more kite days than Praia da Pinheira in October
67 %Kite days by month at Garopaba: Jan 53 %, Feb 48 %, Mar 54 %, Apr 59 %, May 57 %, Jun 52 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 69 %, Sep 67 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 69 %, Dec 61 % - Campeche
Brazil · 2 points more kite days than Praia da Pinheira in October
63 %Kite days by month at Campeche: Jan 52 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 53 %, May 50 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 53 %, Aug 69 %, Sep 63 %, Oct 63 %, Nov 63 %, Dec 59 % - Lagoa de Ibiraquera
Brazil · 4 points fewer kite days than Praia da Pinheira in October
57 %Kite days by month at Lagoa de Ibiraquera: Jan 42 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 47 %, May 46 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 48 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 57 %, Oct 57 %, Nov 60 %, Dec 54 % - Galheta
Brazil · 16 points fewer kite days than Praia da Pinheira in October
45 %Kite days by month at Galheta: Jan 32 %, Feb 24 %, Mar 25 %, Apr 27 %, May 29 %, Jun 29 %, Jul 25 %, Aug 45 %, Sep 41 %, Oct 45 %, Nov 43 %, Dec 40 % - Praia da Vila
Brazil · 5 points more kite days than Praia da Pinheira in October
66 %Kite days by month at Praia da Vila: Jan 53 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 56 %, May 56 %, Jun 51 %, Jul 59 %, Aug 69 %, Sep 64 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 70 %, Dec 59 % - Moçambique - Canto das Aranhas
Brazil · 10 points fewer kite days than Praia da Pinheira in October
51 %Kite days by month at Moçambique - Canto das Aranhas: Jan 39 %, Feb 33 %, Mar 32 %, Apr 38 %, May 35 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 32 %, Aug 48 %, Sep 45 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 53 %, Dec 46 % - Praia do Forte
Brazil · 36 points fewer kite days than Praia da Pinheira in October
25 %Kite days by month at Praia do Forte: Jan 17 %, Feb 11 %, Mar 12 %, Apr 9 %, May 6 %, Jun 7 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 19 %, Sep 24 %, Oct 25 %, Nov 25 %, Dec 27 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: high.
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In October, 61 % of days at Praia da Pinheira met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/praia-da-pinheira
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