Parnaiba Delta 2 kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Brazil · Maranhão

Spot currently openAdvanced level -2.75 | -42.02

Overview

Parnaíba Delta 2 is a second sailing point in the Parnaíba delta, on the Maranhão-Piauí border. This spot offers sandbanks and channels with powerful wind channeled by the delta. Conditions are reserved for advanced riders due to tidal currents and navigation in the delta channels.
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Spot forecast for Parnaiba Delta 2

Sunrise 05:27 · Sunset 17:38

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 2 km from the spot.

6:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:00Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24 Now00:002.4 m06:221.2 m12:432.4 m18:451.3 m00:582.6 m07:161 m13:332.6 m19:361.1 m01:482.7 m08:000.9 m14:162.8 m20:190.9 m02:322.9 m08:400.7 m14:563 m21:000.7 m03:143.1 m09:180.6 m15:333.2 m22:400.5 m
  • Tuesday 20 October High tide · 2.4 m Low tide · 1.2 m High tide · 2.4 m Low tide · 1.3 m
  • Wednesday 21 October High tide · 2.6 m Low tide · 1 m High tide · 2.6 m Low tide · 1.1 m
  • Thursday 22 October High tide · 2.7 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 2.8 m Low tide · 0.9 m
  • Friday 23 October High tide · 2.9 m Low tide · 0.7 m High tide · 3 m Low tide · 0.7 m
  • Saturday 24 October High tide · 3.1 m Low tide · 0.6 m High tide · 3.2 m Low tide · 0.5 m

Parnaiba Delta 2: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

398h

in August · 31 rideable days

The season runs from June to December, peaking in August: 30 rideable days a month and 398 hours of usable wind, at 31 °C. The low point is April, at 21 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 40 January: 27 rideable days J February: 23 rideable days F March: 23 rideable days M April: 21 rideable days21 d A May: 26.5 rideable days M June: 29 rideable days J July: 30 rideable days J August: 31 rideable days31 d A September: 30 rideable days S October: 31 rideable days O November: 30 rideable days N December: 31 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 40 January: 27 rideable days J February: 23 rideable days F March: 23 rideable days M April: 21 rideable days21 d A May: 26.5 rideable days M June: 29 rideable days J July: 30 rideable days J August: 31 rideable days31 d A September: 30 rideable days S October: 31 rideable days O November: 30 rideable days N December: 31 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 89%13-20 knots · 11%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 89% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is February, at 29 °C. The wettest month is February, with 358 mm.

Monthly averages: Parnaiba Delta 2
Monthly averages — Parnaiba Delta 2 — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 27.0 352 h 30 °C 193 mm
February 23.0 260 h 29 °C 358 mm
March 23.0 205 h 29 °C 351 mm
April 21.0 165 h 29 °C 264 mm
May 26.5 259 h 30 °C 104 mm
June 29.0 312 h 30 °C 65 mm
July 30.0 310 h 31 °C 36 mm
August 31.0 398 h 32 °C 24 mm
September 30.0 410 h 32 °C 4 mm
October 31.0 432 h 31 °C 6 mm
November 30.0 417 h 31 °C 8 mm
December 31.0 421 h 31 °C 54 mm

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Technical details of Parnaiba Delta 2 spot

N: Not rideable NNE: Not rideable NE: Depending on conditions ENE: Depending on conditions E: Rideable ESE: Rideable SE: Rideable SSE: Depending on conditions S: Not rideable SSW: Not rideable SW: Not rideable WSW: Not rideable W: Not rideable WNW: Not rideable NW: Not rideable NNW: Not rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from E, ESE, SE.

Depending on conditions: NE, ENE, SSE.

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