Praia do Pinho
Costa Brava · Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brazil · Beach break
Local time — · Sunrise 05:17 · Sunset 18:42
Reading the ocean.
SWELLRADAR is requesting a verified marine run for Praia do Pinho.
Spot intelligence.
This is Praia do Pinho between Taquaras and Estaleiro in Balneário Camboriú, not a neighbouring reef or a generic Brazilian namesake. Intermediate is a conservative minimum for independent recommendations across its unsplit beach and unvalidated model band, not an official grade or blanket clearance. Respect other beach users and confirm current local conduct and access instructions; no present naturism rule, patrol service or water-quality approval is established.
Profile source · Surf-Forecast · original Praia do Pinho beach guideProfile sources & limits
Reviewed 23 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated
Published sources reviewed by SWELLRADAR, not validation against measured breaking waves. Swell-from and wind-from references are independent qualitative ranking inputs, not surveyed optima or complete acceptance windows. Inherited generic 0.6–3.0 m offshore-model bands remain unchanged and unvalidated: they are not measured local working ranges, safe learner limits or wave-face conversions. Original approximate map pins and location sources remain. Explicit six-kilometre sea requests do not survey takeoffs, bathymetry, reef clearance, currents, access or the provider's returned cell. The original Surf-Forecast beach guide supplies ENE swell, independently specified WSW wind and left/right sand-bank peaks. Its rounded map pin is roughly 3.5 km north of the retained coastal marker; its explicit naturist-beach context, nearby Estaleiro and Balneário Camboriú identify the beach but do not survey the active bank. BC Convention independently locates Pinho between Estaleiro and Taquaras. The municipal tourism authority's original February 2012 event account establishes an organised local surf community and separate recreational/competition categories, not a beach-wide beginner grade or a current event. Sávio Hermano's original 2013 report corroborates that competition and rocky margins. Historical and tourism descriptions of naturist rules are not independently verified current legal or access guidance; nudity is not listed as a surf hazard. No source establishes a reliable whole-beach preferred tide phase or movement, so tide rewards and adaptive fallback remain off. Generic small-wave statistics do not validate novice suitability or a local safe-height band.
- Surf-Forecast · original Praia do Pinho beach guide
Original guide identifies the naturist beach near Balneário Camboriú and Estaleiro, ENE swell, independent WSW wind and beach lefts/rights; approximate pin and generic small-wave statistics do not establish a takeoff or beginner clearance
- BC Convention · original Praia do Pinho place guide
Destination organisation's original beach page locates Pinho between Estaleiro and Taquaras, not a surveyed surf optimum or current legal/access assurance
- Balneário Camboriú Tourism Secretariat · original February 2012 surf event notice
First-party original archived event notice identifies Pinho's regular surf users, recreational and competition categories and federation judging; not a current event, ability certification or live rule
- Sávio Hermano / Globo Esporte · original January 2013 event report
Reporter interviews the event administrator and records local surf competition and the beach's rocky headland margins; historic conduct rules and numbers are not present access guidance
Source-informed axes
Swell axis ENE · 68°
Offshore wind from WSW · Intermediate profile
Wave
Lefts and rights · beach peaks
Sand banks · rocky bay margins
Swell window
ENE · qualitative beach reference
0.6–3.0 m offshore ranking band
Clean wind
WSW · qualitative guide reference
Applied to wind scoring
Tide window
Bank-specific · check locally
No tide phase affects scoring
Field guide
Read the break.
Character · setup · local read
Field guide
Read the break.
Character
01Praia do Pinho is defined by lefts and rights · beach peaks over sand banks · rocky bay margins. 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
02ENE · qualitative beach reference swell, wsw · qualitative guide reference and bank-specific · check locally form the profile baseline. SWELLRADAR retains 0.6–3.0 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 changing sandbank peaks, rocky headland margins, crowded mixed-use beach. 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 ENE · qualitative beach reference swell.
Timing
WSW · qualitative guide reference
Bank-specific · check locally. 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.