🇨🇻 Varandinha Beach, Boa Vista
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Best directionNE
Wind speed20–30kt
SeasonNov – Jul
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterWaves + chop
Ridden forKitesurfing
A remote, wide-open beach on Boa Vista's southern coast, with more swell and far fewer people than the island's main town beaches.
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Getting thereA highly remote sector of southwestern Boa Vista, requiring a genuine 45-minute 4x4 drive from Sal Rei via unpaved desert sand tracks. A high-clearance 4x4…
HazardsA fully open ocean setting with a real, heavy Atlantic shorebreak and sharp volcanic rock shelves flanking both sides of the bay. True beginners should avoid…
Best time of dayAfternoon, January-April, when dry thermal trades get heavily compressed along the rugged coastal cliffs. Late afternoon…
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