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Jericoacoara
Photogenic Mangue Seco (Dry Mangrove). Flat water at the river mouth. Ferry crossing.
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The places worth stopping for.
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Viewpoints
Dry mangrove stretch with swings, signs, and photo backdrops. Where the Rio Guriú meets the sea, it forms the Gamboa.
Beach vendors installed photogenic setups. Guides know the best angles. Guaranteed Instagram content.
Insider tip: Included in the West Side tour (R$450-600 buggy for up to 4 people). Go in the morning for best light.
Instagram Spot · Time to allow: 45 min
Nature
25-30min canoe ride through the mangrove to see seahorses in their natural habitat. Well-preserved population.
Wild seahorses in the Rio Guriú estuary.
Insider tip: R$20-30/person. Watch them in the water: don't let anyone catch the seahorses or put them in jars. Optional add-on to West Side tour.
Ecotourism · Time to allow: 60 min
Beaches
Shallow lagoon formed at the river mouth - tide-dependent flat water, with strong wind in season.
Knee/waist-high water, for freestyle. Reports say the lagoon has more water from mid to high tide. The channel can have a light current.
Insider tip: Wind season Jul-Jan, 18-30 knots. No facilities - bring water and sunscreen. Ferry R$50 round trip with buggy.
Flat Water · Time to allow: 180 min
Dining
Riverside design hotel combining rusticity and minimalism. Restaurant serves French-Brazilian cuisine.
Best grilled octopus in the region according to visitors. Unique architecture with wood, straw, and polished cement.
Insider tip: Open to non-guests. Vegetarian and gluten-free options. Pool, jacuzzi. Book for lunch.
Design Hotel · Time to allow: 120 min
Beaches
Wide stretch of white sand between coconut groves and mangrove. Excellent for kite and windsurf Jul-Dec.
Neighbor of 'posh Jeri' but much quieter. White dunes, strong winds, wild scenery.
Insider tip: Very strong wind - not ideal for relaxing in the sun. Sports season Jul-Dec. Buggies and kitesurfers dominate.
Windy Beach · Time to allow: 120 min
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Read the full guide for GuriúBefore you go
The transport guides break down every route.
The ferry runs from dawn until 6 PM — do not miss the last crossing or you will have to go back to Camocim. The river has flat water, but access is via sand track. Bring cash and stock up on food in Jeri or Camocim.
Guriú is where the river meets the sea, creating a cinematic dry mangrove landscape. The ferry crossing over the Rio Guriú is the gateway to Jericoacoara for those coming from Camocim — a rite of passage marking the transition from asphalt to sand.
Regional calendar for the Jericoacoara. Guriú doesn't have its own seasonal calendar yet.
Rain: monthly normals from FUNCEME (Ceará's state weather service) for Jijoca de Jericoacoara (CE) — an indicative reference.
A kite village — the wind rules. Today: low tide of 0.6 m at 11:40 and high tide of 2.5 m at 05:45 · New Moon, 2% illumination.
See tide and wind for the whole corridor
Tap a day · peak wind, gusts, low tide and moon
Wind forecasts get less reliable further ahead: check again closer to the day.
The day's range
2.1 m
Difference between high and low
Next low
00:100.5 m
Tomorrow · Nov 12
Calibrated at Camocim, 29 km away. In 2026, 9 in 10 of the curve's highs and lows are within 16 min of an estimate interpolated between the Navy tide tables for Pecém and Luís Correia. Lagoons, river mouths and bays may not follow the open-sea curve.
Tide tip · GURIÚ
Guriú is a fishing village. On the way from Jeri, before the ferry and on the sea side, the beach ends downwind: drift too far and you end up in open water, shallow from low to mid tide, with no beach to land on. After the ferry, reports say the lagoon and channel have more water from mid to high tide. The channel can have a light current, most noticeable around mid tide, which can matter if you lose your board.
Tide-dependent: Ferry Crossing over the Rio Guriú →
Heights in meters above the model's reference level. “Mean level” is the average of this day's extreme heights; it does not indicate depth.
We calculate the tide with the FES2022 model, calibrated for each place to a reference station from the FEMAR catalog. Where we can, we compare the curve with the Brazilian Navy's tide tables. On rivers and inland, the curve shows the coastal tide, not the water level there.
Strong, moderate or weak: the word compares the day's range with this place's usual range, not with other places.
Kitesurf spot · the wind rules
Gusty wind — window 13:00–17:00. Across all hours shown, the wind averages ~13 kn from the E, with gusts up to 32 kn.
Kite in Guriú: schools
Motion starts on its own when the visualization is in view.
SpeedThe flow speeds up with the wind speed at the selected hour. At zero wind it stops.
DirectionThe dot on the compass marks where the wind comes from. The lines move downwind.
GustsThe ring shows the difference between wind speed and gust speed. Without valid gust data it disappears.
An illustration only: it doesn't simulate how often gusts arrive.
The moon rises at 06:57 and sets at 19:34 · no moon in the sky from 19:34 to 04:06
New Moon
2%illuminated
Schematic phase · illustrative texture
Night sky
Night of Nov 11–12
Moon in the sky, from 18:46 on Nov 11 to 19:34 on Nov 11. →
No moon in the sky, from 19:34 on Nov 11 to 04:06 on Nov 12. →
Astronomical night is when the center of the sun is at least 18° below the horizon.
Times are approximate and don't account for clouds.
Night timeline for Nov 11 to Nov 12, Brasília time. Moon in the sky, from 18:46 on Nov 11 to 19:34 on Nov 11. No moon in the sky, from 19:34 on Nov 11 to 04:06 on Nov 12.
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