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Praia da Barra do Paraguaçu

Bahia · Brazil

IntermediateBeach break-12.843, -38.792

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Praia da Barra do Paraguaçu is a NE-facing sand beach on the Brazil shoreline, opening onto the Coastal Waters — it catches N–E swell, and offshore S–W winds tidy the banks through year-round.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~25.7°C (78.3°F) on average

Jan

27.6°C

81.7°F · 26.7–28.8°C

Feb

28.1°C

82.6°F · 27.1–29.3°C

Mar

28.4°C

83.1°F · 26.7–29.7°C

Apr

28.4°C

83.1°F · 27.1–29.6°C

May

27.4°C

81.3°F · 26.4–28.4°C

Jun

26.5°C

79.7°F · 24.8–27.4°C

Jul

25.6°C

78.1°F · 24.1–26.8°C

Aug

25.3°C

77.5°F · 23.6–26.1°C

Sep

25.7°C

78.3°F · 25–26.7°C

Oct

26.3°C

79.3°F · 25.4–27.5°C

Nov

26.7°C

80.1°F · 25.5–27.9°C

Dec

27°C

80.6°F · 25.9–28°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

N–E

Best wind

S–W

Break type

Beach break

Best season

Year-round

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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