Litoral Norte
One of the world's premier wingfoil destinations. Steady trade winds, fishing villages, classic downwinds.
About this region
The northern coast of RN begins at Maracajaú and stretches 200 km to the Costa Branca line at Macau. It is the stretch that put the state on the international kite and wingfoil map: steady 22–28 kt trade winds from August through January, fishing villages still set to the rhythm of the sea, and the Sertões Kitesurf corridor — Gostoso, Galinhos, Macau — sold by European schools as the peak of the Brazilian kite season.
The easternmost point of the continental Americas sits at Touros, marked by the Calcanhar lighthouse and the Marco Zero of BR-101 — a geographic curiosity rarely told by tourism. Maracajaú adds the "Brazilian Caribbean" — coral reefs 7 km offshore forming natural turquoise pools.
Destinations in this region (4)
- Flagship
São Miguel do Gostoso
Trade winds of 20 to 30 knots for six months straight — a barefoot village where world-tour wingfoil athletes come to train.
- Flagship
Galinhos
A car-free fishing village, sand between toes, pink salt-flats on the horizon.
Maracajaú
A coral reef 7 km offshore that becomes a chain of natural pools at low tide — visits capped by law at around 650 a day.
Touros
Northern-coast municipality home to the Farol do Calcanhar lighthouse and the Marco Zero of BR-101. Easternmost point of the continental Americas.
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