Kitesurfing atPonta do Sinó (Sal)

The southernmost tip of the island, marked by its lighthouse, facing the open Atlantic. A point break that folds over the reef, swept by a cross-offshore wind. The reward: a clean wave to ride far from the crowd. The price: a rocky bottom and an orientation that pushes out to sea.

Ponta do Sinó is the end of the world on Sal: the southernmost point, its lighthouse planted against the open Atlantic, and a wave that peels far from everything. The point break folds over a shallow reef, with flat patches between sets that invite jumps and strapless. But the setting has its rules: the cross-offshore wind blows from the point out to sea, the volcanic rock lies just beneath the surface and hardens at low tide, and no one is there to fetch you if you drift past the point. You come for the perfect line and the solitude — never without weighing the price.