Beaches in Brazil

Seven and a half thousand kilometres of Atlantic coast running from the equator to the latitude of Uruguay, which means the country holds tropical reef, temperate surf and everything between. The north-east has the warm water, the dunes and the trade wind that made Jericoacoara and the Ceará coast a kitesurfing destination. The south-east has the city beaches — Rio's are civic institutions rather than resorts — and the Atlantic forest islands. The far south is cold, long and windy. Offshore, Fernando de Noronha operates under a visitor cap and a daily environmental tax, and is the most tightly managed beach destination in the country. Practicalities: beaches are public throughout, lifeguard cover is concentrated in cities and thin elsewhere, and rip currents cause a large number of drownings each year on the exposed Atlantic coast. Fernando de Noronha caps visitors and charges a daily environmental tax that rises with length of stay.

They spread across five beach worlds, the largest group being two urban icon beaches. Together they account for 230 km of shore. · computed from the 6 records below