The facts provided don't support writing a dive-site description for this location. Ponta Preta is documented here as a kitesurfing spot with no dive-relevant data — no depth, no visibility, no marine life, and no current information. Writing a dive description would require inventing facts, which I won't do. If you have dive-specific data for this site, I'm happy to write the description from that.

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Trip essentials

Everything you need before you pack — checklist, sun, logistics.

Trip checklist

🛂 Visa-free or visa-on-arrival
🤿 Pack: 3/2 mm full
🪁 IKO/VDWS card if booking lessons
🧴 Reef-safe sunscreen SPF 50+
🔌 Plug type C/F · 230V adapter
💊 Seasickness meds + ear drops
📱 Offline maps + emergency contact

Quick facts

🌘 Moon Waning crescent · 39%
🤿 Wetsuit 3/2 mm full
GPS

› Sustainability disclosures

🌍 CO2 footprint LHR ↔ 4361km · ~1003kg · €18

← Praia de Santa Maria

FAQ

›Skill level?

Strong intermediate at minimum. Reef break, currents — not a learner's spot.

›Hire a guide?

Yes, locals know the rotation and where to enter/exit.

Operators near this spot

Dive centres, kite & surf schools within 10 km, sourced from OpenStreetMap.

Eco Dive School Cabo Verde

6.7 km

4.8 (245 reviews) open now

Dive centre

Verified Booked 28+ times this month

Website →

Phone: +238 913 75 27

Hours: Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Praia de Santa Maria

5 km

4.8 (422 reviews) open now

Kite school

Booked 36+ times this month

Hours: Tuesday: Open 24 hours

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Kook Proof Activity Center

5.7 km

4.9 (105 reviews) open now

Kite school

Verified Booked 33+ times this month

Website →

Phone: +238 976 08 19

Hours: Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

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Mitu & Djo Kite School

8.5 km

4.4 (223 reviews) open now

Kite school

Verified

Website →

Phone: +238 994 33 49

Hours: Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

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Kite beach

8.5 km

4.6 (161 reviews) open now

Kite school

Booked 35+ times this month

Hours: Tuesday: Open 24 hours

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Recently spotted by divers

iNaturalist →

Longspined Porcupinefish

Diodon holocanthus

4× sightings 6mo ago

Eastern Atlantic Trumpetfish

Heteropriacanthus fulgens

3× sightings 11mo ago

African Hind

Cephalopholis taeniops

Atlantic Sergeant Major

2× sightings 10mo ago

Verified marine species observations

480 records · 37 species · sources: OBIS, GBIF

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Mammalia · Balaenopteridae

OBIS

Last seen:: 13 May 2025

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Mammalia · Balaenopteridae

OBIS

Last seen:: 4 May 2024

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Mammalia · Balaenopteridae

OBIS

Last seen:: 18 May 2023

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Mammalia · Balaenopteridae

OBIS

Last seen:: 18 Sept 2022

Plakinastrella fauvelotae

Homoscleromorpha · Plakinidae

OBIS

Last seen:: 21 Jul 2022
Depth:: 20 m

Plakinastrella freitasi

Homoscleromorpha · Plakinidae

OBIS

Last seen:: 21 Jul 2022
Depth:: 20 m

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Mammalia · Balaenopteridae

OBIS

Last seen:: 22 May 2021

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Mammalia · Balaenopteridae

OBIS

Last seen:: 18 May 2020

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Mammalia · Balaenopteridae

OBIS

Last seen:: 21 May 2019

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Mammalia · Balaenopteridae

OBIS

Last seen:: 20 May 2017

Elasmobranchii

OBIS

Last seen:: 30 May 2015

Megaptera novaeangliae

Humpback whale

Mammalia · Balaenopteridae

OBIS

Last seen:: 15 May 2013

See full taxonomic record on OBIS → See full taxonomic record on GBIF →

Data: 187,991 observations from OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System) and GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility). CC-BY 4.0.

If conditions don't work

Activities nearby or alternative spots — keep your trip going.

📍 Attraction · 3.7 km

Praia da Ponta do Sinó

🍽 Restaurant · 3.9 km

The Steakhouse

★4.5 (388)

📍 barbecue restaurant · 4.1 km

Hotel Riu Cabo Verde, Restaurant Santa Maria

★4.6 (78)

🍽 Restaurant · 4.2 km

Palmeira

★3.6 (17)

🍽 Restaurant · 4.2 km

RIU Funana - Mambana

★4.6 (3826)

📍 hotel · 4.2 km

Hotel Riu Palace Santa Maria

★4.2 (610)

📍 hotel · 4.2 km

ROYAL Horizon Ponta Sino - Santa Maria

★4.3 (27)

📍 Attraction · 4.2 km

Splash Water World

★4.6 (401)

📍 Attraction · 4.4 km

See this spot in action

YouTube videos — click to play.

Ponta Preta Cabo Verde | Big Air Kitesurfing In Paradise

capeverde-fly

💬 1 top comments

Discover the ultimate kitesurf paradise of Ponta Preta, Cabo Verde! why Ponta Preta is a world-class destination?

@capeverde-fly · 👍 0

TESTING KITEBOARDS | PONTA PRETA

Reece's Shred Lab

💬 3 top comments

Freaking shredding Reece. Awesome. And a super well done edit!!

@jkitefish · 👍 0
What are the dims of these boards?

@dathiou · 👍 0
Hey Reece, thinking about grabbing the Creep from OR, which one in the video is the production board about to go out? I've had the Jester, but went back to a more directional/traditional shape and looking to go back to something like the Creep as long as it whips around as quick on a slash. You are shredding it up on all of them.

@adamj2281 · 👍 0