Praia da Joaquina
Florianópolis, Brazil · Beach break
Local time — · Sunrise 05:15 · Sunset 18:43
Reading the ocean.
SWELLRADAR is requesting a verified marine run for Praia da Joaquina.
Spot intelligence.
Joaquina is a sand-bottom beachbreak whose peaks move with the banks. Southeast exposure and a northwesterly offshore sector describe a useful setup, not a guarantee of clean or manageable surf.
Profile source · Surf-Forecast · Joaquina guideProfile sources & limits
Reviewed 18 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated
Published spot guides reviewed by SWELLRADAR, not validation against measured breaking waves. Direction axes and relative tide bands translate qualitative guidance into ranking inputs. The existing offshore-model height bands are retained, not inferred from reported wave-face heights. An offshore sample is not a takeoff or bathymetric survey. The reviewed break guide does not establish a reliable tide phase. No tide-based recommendation is inferred from the beach-break type.
- Surf-Forecast · Joaquina guide
SE swell, NW offshore wind, sand peaks, currents and crowds
Source-informed axes
Swell axis SE · 135°
Offshore wind from NW · Intermediate profile
Wave
Sand peaks · lefts often favoured
Shifting sandbanks
Swell window
SE
0.8–2.4 m offshore ranking band
Clean wind
NW · light offshore
Applied to wind scoring
Tide window
Not established · no tide bonus
No tide phase affects scoring
Field guide
Read the break.
Character · setup · local read
Field guide
Read the break.
Character
01Praia da Joaquina is defined by sand peaks · lefts often favoured over shifting sandbanks. The shape can change with swell angle, period and the active section, so the live score should always be paired with a visual check from shore.
Best setup
02SE swell, nw · light offshore and not established · no tide bonus form the profile baseline. SWELLRADAR retains 0.8–2.4 m as an offshore-model ranking band, not a measured local surf limit or a breaking-wave prediction.
Lineup read
03Choose a peak that matches your experience and reassess it as tide and crowd change. Pay particular attention to rip currents, powerful beachbreak, crowded peaks. Local signs and advice always take priority.
Know before you paddle
Live conditions and local advice always override this profile.
Optional community layerRecent surfer reportsVoluntary and potentially incomplete. Not used for the forecast or Surf Score.
The break
Beach break
Intermediate. Works best with SE swell.
Timing
NW · light offshore
Not established · no tide bonus. Re-check local observations and the lineup before you paddle out.
Data note
Model data unavailable
SWELLRADAR withholds numerical conditions, scores and surf windows until a quality-checked marine forecast is available.