Praia Grande Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Praia Grande in Parana is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southeast. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Best around low tide. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Dangerous rips are a hazard of surfing here.

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Overall Praia Grande 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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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Praia Grande:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Paralelas	1 mi
Second closest break	Praia de Fora	1 mi
Third closest break	Ilhas das Palmas	3 mi
Fourth closest break	Pontal do Sul	4 mi
Fifth closest break	Ilha das Pecas	6 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Praia Grande:
Closest wave buoy	Brazil Buoy	420 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Middle Atlantic Buoy	2748 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Atlantic Buoy	2770 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	2811 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	3067 mi
Tide stations nearest to Praia Grande:
Closest tide station	Paranaguá, Brazil	10 mi
Second closest tide station	Cananéia, Brazil	44 mi
Third closest tide station	Itajaí, Brazil	95 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Florianópolis, Brazil	142 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Santos, Brazil	167 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Praia Grande:
Closest ski area	Vallecitos (Argentina)	1375 mi
Second closest ski area	Los Penitentes (Argentina)	1390 mi
Third closest ski area	Los Puquios (Argentina)	1393 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Portillo (Chile)	1406 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Valle Nevado (Chile)	1418 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Praia Grande:
Closest city location	Paranagua (Brazil)	12 mi
Second closest city location	Pontal do Parana (Brazil)	15 mi
Third closest city location	Antonina (Brazil)	27 mi
Fourth closest city location	Guaratuba (Brazil)	28 mi
Fifth closest city location	Cananeia (Brazil)	45 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Praia Grande is Afonso Pena (Curitiba) Airport (CWB) in Brazil, 88 km (55 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Praia Grande is Joinville Airport (JOI), also in Brazil, 89 km (55 miles) away.
• Third is Bacacheri (Curitiba) Airport (BFH) in Brazil, 95 km (59 miles) away.
• Navegantes Itajai Airport (NVT) in Brazil is 151 km (94 miles) away.
• Hercilio Luz (Florianopolis) Airport (FLN), also in Brazil is the fifth nearest airport to Praia Grande and is 236 km (147 miles) away.