Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Itaúna (Saquarema)
Advanced
Beach break
Sand bottom
Peels both
1–4 m
Any tide
A powerful open-ocean beach and the home of Brazilian professional surfing: the WSL's Saquarema events draw enormous crowds. Heavy, wedging peaks on southeast swell with the Igreja Nossa Senhora de Nazaré church on the point as the backdrop.
Hazards
RipStrong CurrentCrowds
Conditions
- Best swell
- S, SE, SSE
- Best wind
- NE, E
- Season
- Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
- Wave size
- 1–4 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- -22.9250, -42.4870
Facilities
ParkingToiletsCafeSurf School