🇧🇷 Atins
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Best directionE
Wind speed18–28kt
SeasonJul – Jan
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat lagoon + dunes
Ridden forKitesurfing
An end-of-the-road village on the edge of the Lençóis Maranhenses dune fields, reachable only by boat or 4x4 — remote even by this coastline's standards.
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Getting thereEdge of the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park — a 4-hour drive from São Luís Airport (SLZ) to Barreirinhas, then a 1-hour public or private 4x4 boat transfer…
HazardsThe massive river estuary generates genuinely violent tidal current and shifting sandbars that can confuse an inexperienced rider. The vast waist-deep flats…
Best time of dayAfternoon, July-December, when steady trades curve smoothly cross-onshore with intense local thermal…
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