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Guarau, Peruibe SP 54.7

#3654 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇧🇷 Brazil · São Paulo · near Itanhaem

Works almost every day, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearIntermediate
Guarau, Peruibe SP, Brazil
Photo: Alexandre Possi · CC BY 3.0 · source
Surf score54.7 /100
Surfable days99% of the year
Clean days19% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell21% period 11 s+
Typical size1.1 m 3.8 ft median
Water24°C a rash vest or 2 mm

Best time to surf Guarau, Peruibe SP

The best time to surf Guarau, Peruibe SP is May, June, July. It rarely works. In May the water sits around 24°C, so pack a rash vest or 2 mm, and the typical wave is 1.2 m. The nearest airport is SSZ (87 km) and the nearest town is Itanhaem (30 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan98%10%0.9 m27°Cboardies
Feb97%12%1.0 m28°Cboardies
Mar100%20%1.1 m26°Cboardies
Apr100%17%1.2 m25°Cboardies
May100%39%1.2 m24°Cvest
Jun99%39%1.3 m22°C2mm
Jul99%38%1.2 m20°C2mm
Aug100%17%1.2 m20°C2mm
Sep100%17%1.3 m21°C2mm
Oct100%6%1.3 m22°C2mm
Nov100%8%1.2 m23°Cvest
Dec99%8%1.0 m25°Cboardies

What is under Guarau, Peruibe SP

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 65 m. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 93 m against 65 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out65 m
Depth 4 km out48 m
Channel beside it93 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 54.7

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
8.0
Best days 22.4%
8.8
Clean days 18.4%
8.3
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
4.6
Access 4.1%
3.4

The detail

Faces 95° with 36% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 90% of days. Mean peak period 9.3 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.7 m, with a peak period of 12 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 56%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates -24.370, -47.012 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,090/ month
typically €959 – €1,220
Rent, one bedroom€570
Groceries€230
Eating out€130
Getting around€75
Phone + internet€80
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,120/ month
typically €1,870 – €2,370
Somewhere to stay€1,250
Eating out€445
Car, transfers, fuel€290
Data + extras€135
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Brazil (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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