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Rio Preguiças no Barreirinhas 3
Barreirinhas, the nearest town. Photo: Esquilo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Barreirinhas

Windsurf spot · Brazil

Is it worth the trip?

65Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

5 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 49 out of 100

Wind
ENE 12 kn
Gusts
27kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
32°C

Tue 3 · 67 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 kn
Gusts
19kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
32°C

Wed 4 · 67 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 kn
Gusts
18kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
33°C

Thu 5 · 67 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 kn
Gusts
19kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
33°C

Fri 6 · 62 out of 100

Wind
NE 11 kn
Gusts
27kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
33°C

Sat 7 · 67 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 kn
Gusts
18kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
32°C

Sun 8 · 67 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 kn
Gusts
19kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
32°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 183, good
  2. Mon 249, fair
  3. Tue 383, good
  4. Wed 483, good
  5. Thu 567, good
  6. Fri 662, good
  7. Sat 783, good
  8. Sun 883, good
  9. Mon 983, good
  10. Tue 1083, good

The spot in four facts

  • Faces NWopen to the NW
  • Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SEblows out to sea
  • Best Jan–Mar4 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Barreirinhas
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov83, goodwind from the east-north-east, 7 knots12knside–32°C
Mon 2Nov49, fairwind from the east-north-east, 12 knots27knside–32°C
Tue 3Nov83, goodwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots19knside–32°C
Wed 4Nov83, goodwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots18knside–33°C
Thu 5Nov67, goodwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots19knside–33°C
Fri 6Nov62, goodwind from the north-east, 11 knots27knside–33°C
Sat 7Nov83, goodwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots18knside–32°C
Sun 8Nov83, goodwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots19knside–32°C
Mon 9Nov83, goodwind from the east-north-east, 8 knots16knside–32°C
Tue 10Nov83, goodwind from the east-north-east, 7 knots16knside–32°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. 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.

Best time to go

best Jan–Mar

Good windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov3of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

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 Barreirinhas

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NW, so wind from the SE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. For windsurfing at beginner level the best months are usually January, February and March, with about 4 good days in 7; in June and July, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Barreirinhas.

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$864–US$1,660 each

about US$864–US$1,660 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

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 SLZ, estimated from distance and season, changing at GRU, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$958
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
Totalabout US$864–US$1,660

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Barreirinhas

Closest

Barreirinhas

1 min by car · 98 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 98 places to stay in Barreirinhas · Booking.com

About Barreirinhas 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 24h 45m

About 24h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SLZ, changing at São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), then 3h by road

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