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Itapoá, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Edimar da Rocha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Rio Braço do Norte

Kayak spot · Brazil

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 3 kn gusting 13, Air 27 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 92 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
24°C
Rain
6.6 mm

Tue 3 · 93 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
26°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Wed 4 · 99 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
27°C
Rain
0.2 mm

Thu 5 · 41 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
16kntoo gusty
Air
26°C
Rain
14.7 mm

Fri 6 · 93 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
23°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 92 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
16kntoo gusty
Air
27°C
Rain
3 mm

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
23kntoo gusty
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 194, good
  2. Mon 292, good
  3. Tue 393, good
  4. Wed 499, good
  5. Thu 541, poor
  6. Fri 693, good
  7. Sat 792, good
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 984, good
  10. Tue 1096, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Rio Braço do Norte
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov94, good2 kn7kn24°C0.4 mm
Mon 2Nov92, good5 kn13kn24°C6.6 mm
Tue 3Nov93, good3 kn10kn26°C0.3 mm
Wed 4Nov99, good3 kn13kn27°C0.2 mm
Thu 5Nov41, poor8 kn16kntoo gusty26°C14.7 mm
Fri 6Nov93, good3 kn9kn23°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov92, good3 kn16kntoo gusty27°C3 mm
Sun 8Nov0, poor9 kn23kntoo gusty21°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov84, good6 kn16kntoo gusty21°C2.7 mm
Tue 10Nov96, good3 kn14kntoo gusty22°C0.9 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Rio Braço do Norte

A launch on the Rio Braço do Norte. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Itapoá. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

  • River Rio Braço do Norte
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,070–US$2,060 each

about US$1,070–US$2,060 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to JOI, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$569–US$1,190
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$174–US$295
Food7 days eating outabout US$161–US$295
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$94–US$174
Totalabout US$1,070–US$2,060

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Itapoá

Closest

Itapoá

6 min by car · 13 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 13 places to stay in Itapoá · Booking.com

About Itapoá its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 19h 50m

About 19h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → JOI, changing at São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), then 40 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 50 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits