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Praia Brava in Rio de Janeiro Norte is a sheltered beach break that has quite reliable surf. Autumn and winter are the optimum times of year for waves. Offshore winds blow from the east northeast. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the south. The beach breaks favour lefts. Best around low tide. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. It can even get crowded enough to be dangerous.

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Overall Praia Brava Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Praia Brava surf quality by season and Praia Brava surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Brazil - Rio de Janeiro Norte surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Praia Brava

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Praia Brava:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Ilha Do Pontal	2 mi
Second closest break	Praia Grande	2 mi
Third closest break	Praia das Dunas	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Praia do Forte	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Praia Brava	8 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Praia Brava:
Closest wave buoy	Brazil Buoy	760 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Middle Atlantic Buoy	2581 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Atlantic Buoy	2681 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	2756 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	3080 mi
Tide stations nearest to Praia Brava:
Closest tide station	Cabo Frio, Brazil	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Armacao dos Buzios, Brazil	19 mi
Third closest tide station	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	75 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Itacurussa, Brazil	121 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Angra dos Reis, Brazil	146 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Praia Brava:
Closest ski area	Chacaltaya (Bolivia)	1755 mi
Second closest ski area	Vallecitos (Argentina)	1808 mi
Third closest ski area	Los Penitentes (Argentina)	1824 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Los Puquios (Argentina)	1827 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Portillo (Chile)	1840 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Praia Brava:
Closest city location	Arraial do Cabo (Brazil)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Cabo Frio (Brazil)	7 mi
Third closest city location	Sao Pedro da Aldeia (Brazil)	11 mi
Fourth closest city location	Iguaba Grande (Brazil)	17 mi
Fifth closest city location	Armacao de Buzios (Brazil)	19 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Praia Brava is Santos Dumont (Rio De Janeiro) Airport (SDU) in Brazil, 117 km (73 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Praia Brava is Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim (Rio De Janeiro) Airport (GIG), also in Brazil, 127 km (79 miles) away.
• Third is Bartolomeu Lisandro (Campos) Airport (CAW) in Brazil, 161 km (100 miles) away.
• Santa Cruz (Rio De Janeiro) Airport (STU) in Brazil is 174 km (108 miles) away.
• Francisco De Assis (Juiz De Fora) Airport (JDF), also in Brazil is the fifth nearest airport to Praia Brava and is 193 km (120 miles) away.