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Praia de Ubatuba in Santa Caterina is an exposed beach break that has dependable surf. Winter is the favoured time of year for surfing here. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the best swell direction is from the east. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around low tide. Sometimes crowded. Take care of the strong rips here.

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Overall Praia de Ubatuba 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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Use this relief map to navigate to Brazil - Santa Catarina surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Praia de Ubatuba

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Praia de Ubatuba:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Ponta da Tataruga	2 mi
Second closest break	Prainha	2 mi
Third closest break	Itapema	8 mi
Fourth closest break	Praia Grande	8 mi
Fifth closest break	Barre do Sai	15 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Praia de Ubatuba:
Closest wave buoy	Brazil Buoy	374 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Middle Atlantic Buoy	2793 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Atlantic Buoy	2812 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	2851 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	3104 mi
Tide stations nearest to Praia de Ubatuba:
Closest tide station	Paranaguá, Brazil	48 mi
Second closest tide station	Itajaí, Brazil	48 mi
Third closest tide station	Cananéia, Brazil	90 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Florianópolis, Brazil	96 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Imbituba, Brazil	140 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Praia de Ubatuba:
Closest ski area	Vallecitos (Argentina)	1342 mi
Second closest ski area	Los Penitentes (Argentina)	1359 mi
Third closest ski area	Los Puquios (Argentina)	1361 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Portillo (Chile)	1375 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Valle Nevado (Chile)	1385 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Praia de Ubatuba:
Closest city location	Sao Francisco do Sul (Brazil)	7 mi
Second closest city location	Guaratuba (Brazil)	22 mi
Third closest city location	Joinville (Brazil)	25 mi
Fourth closest city location	Barra Velha (Brazil)	31 mi
Fifth closest city location	Guaramirim (Brazil)	35 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Praia de Ubatuba is Joinville Airport (JOI) in Brazil, 27 km (17 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Praia de Ubatuba is Navegantes Itajai Airport (NVT), also in Brazil, 76 km (47 miles) away.
• Third is Afonso Pena (Curitiba) Airport (CWB) in Brazil, 99 km (61 miles) away.
• Bacacheri (Curitiba) Airport (BFH) in Brazil is 113 km (70 miles) away.
• Hercilio Luz (Florianopolis) Airport (FLN), also in Brazil is the fifth nearest airport to Praia de Ubatuba and is 163 km (101 miles) away.