Praia do Rosa
Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Brazil · Beach break
Local time — · Sunrise 05:15 · Sunset 18:44
Reading the ocean.
SWELLRADAR is requesting a verified marine run for Praia do Rosa.
Spot intelligence.
Rosa Norte and Rosa Sul are different sections of the same bay. Northern peaks can favour N/NE wind while southern peaks shelter S/SW wind. This whole-beach profile does not promise that both ends will be clean together. Check the active section; supervised lessons do not make every beach session independently beginner-safe.
Profile source · Waves · Praia do Rosa original destination guideProfile sources & limits
Reviewed 19 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated
Published sources reviewed by SWELLRADAR, not validation against measured breaking waves. Swell-from and wind-from bearings are coarse ranking references, not surveyed optima. The inherited generic 0.6–3.0 m offshore-model bands remain unchanged: they are not measured local surf limits, safe learner ranges or wave-face conversions. Approximate map pins are place markers, not surveyed takeoffs. Explicit sea requests sample an offshore model. Read the actual peak, local notices and your own ability from shore. Waves, the local Bungalow surf page and Surfemais distinguish the two sections and their wind exposure. SE is only a shared qualitative swell reference, not one optimum for every bank; sources differ on the additional E/NE/S exposure. A whole-beach wind axis would erase real section differences, so wind-direction bonuses and the legacy opposite-swell fallback remain disabled. No reliable section-wide tide preference is established. Advertised lessons, favourable sessions, reported surf metres and old access descriptions do not supply safe-size limits, tide thresholds or current entry guarantees.
- Waves · Praia do Rosa original destination guide
Imbituba bay with rocky ends, distinct northern/southern surf peaks, SE shared swell exposure and different wind sectors; not measured all-bank optima
- Bungalow · local surf and lesson information
Northern long lefts with E swell/NE wind, southern S/SE swell with S wind, and personalised supervised lessons; no unconditional beginner recommendation
- Surfemais · Imbituba original surf guide
Sand-bottom sections; northern S/SE/E and N/NE wind versus southern E/SE and S/SW wind; no established whole-beach tide optimum
Source-informed axes
Swell axis SE · 135°
Wind axis pending · Intermediate profile
Wave
Lefts and rights · distinct north/south peaks
Sandbanks · rocky bay ends
Swell window
Section-dependent E–S · SE shared reference
0.6–3.0 m offshore ranking band
Clean wind
N/NE north · S/SW south; no single axis
No wind-direction bonus
Tide window
Section tide response unverified
No tide phase affects scoring
Field guide
Read the break.
Character · setup · local read
Field guide
Read the break.
Character
01Praia do Rosa is defined by lefts and rights · distinct north/south peaks over sandbanks · rocky bay ends. 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
02Section-dependent E–S · SE shared reference swell, n/ne north · s/sw south; no single axis and section tide response unverified 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 powerful beach peaks, changing sandbanks, rocks at bay ends. 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 Section-dependent E–S · SE shared reference swell.
Timing
N/NE north · S/SW south; no single axis
Section tide response unverified. 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.