Angulo Windsurf Center is the only one allowing you to go on wathever spot you want with the equipment of the center! Staff members can call an offroad cab to drive you on any spot you want. The cab will also pick you up at the end of your session to drive you back at the center
Canoa:
Close to Rife and inside Murdeira's bay, Canoa is the easy and safe spot of Sal. Wind is side/side off, waves are small and easy to surf, no difficult shorebreak. This easy riding spot is ideal for all riders.
Albatros (Ponta Leme):
Located close to the fine hotels and residences of Santa Maria, this is also an easy spot. Most of the time, water is flat and wind is constant and coming from the left, sideshore or side-offshore. When the swell is south, it creates a long wave, safe and easy to ride. In case of problem, zodiac rescue is possible.
Santa Maria:
This spot is locatd at the East of the bay of Santa Maria, but it's possible to start from Albatros beach. The wind is sideshore to side-onshore. The wave is easy to ride, but far from the point, there's a risk of strong current, windless and big windswell.
Click here to get a panorama vieaw of the bay of Santa Maria
Ponta Preta:
Ponta Preta is my playground!
For me and for many others riders -famous or not- this is one of the very best windsurfing place of the planet!
If oceanswell is coming from the west, the waves will build up at ponta Preta higher than anywhere on the island.
The wave can be pretty big (up to 5 meters), it starts breaking very far from the beach, rolls glassy on a few hundred meters and finishes as a big shorebreak on the white sand. Most of the time, the wind is side-offshore and coming from the right.
Don't try it if you're not feeling confident in big waves combined with light (and sometimes gusty) wind! Any sailing mistake can leads you directly in the black rocks. But this is is the place where you can find the best surfing vibe, even as a witness standing on the beach.Check the galleries to see action in Ponta Preta
Salinas (KiteBeach):
Kitebeach is the best kitesurfing place of Sal. The spot is only 5 minutes driving from the center of Santa Maria. This is an easy spot, good for learning: the beach is vey long so the spot is never too crowded, there's no dangerous currents, the coral reef creates an easy wave for safe waveriding. The wind is sideshore to side onshore, coming from the left and steady most of the time.