Waterfront Surf Club in Florianopolis - Praia Mole, Florianopolis. Brazil

East region of surf in Florianopolis and best beaches

Joaquina Beach 

The wave itself is a sand-bottom, lefthand semi-point of shifting sandbars off a rocky headland. On its best days, it can hold big swell — up to double-overhead — and can get heavy. A variety of spots from the north end of the beach can handle any swell direction and any tide, up to 10-feet or more, and on its best days it can be spectacularly long and hollow. Picks up lots of swell, and there’s usually always something to ride. Night surfing is possible when the surf is in the fun range. 

Praia Mole 

The north end of the beach offers quality peaks when the surf is small, but bigger swells tend to close out the rights – and the lefts can hold to slightly overhead, but anything bigger will shut them down, as well; and the rest of the beach is average beachbreak stuff, but various peaks can have their day, and when S winds blow out the rest of the beaches, everyone will end up here looking for a wave. In the south corner, protected from the wind, is Gravatá, that hold bigger S/SE swells and produces a right hand.

Praia do Mozambique

The beach of mozambique has the longest stretch of sand among the floripa beaches, it is 12.5 km. There are 12 access points to the beach and the best is the northernmost point that takes the left corner, also known as the tip of the spiders, where it forms a powerful left with a very continuous wall.  The perfect, tubular waves break right and left along the beach and work well with almost any swell, mainly south, east and southeast and mainly northwest and west land winds. The waves can reach 3 meters in the days of greater hangover of this beach break with a sandy bottom.

Barra da Lagoa Beach

The waves are generally not large – around 0.5 to 1 meter – and are very suitable for beginners. The best swell ‌ for this wave is the east one, because it makes it open a right to the middle of the beach. The south wind is good, as it is protected by the rocks, as well as the west and southwest winds that are terrific.

Praia da Galheta

One of the best surf ‌ spots in Florianópolis, because in addition to having a very good wave, it is never crowded, as it is in a reserve far from civilization. To get there, you must take a 20-minute walk from the soft beach. Three different peaks work on this beach: on the right side of the beach, with rights on the south, southeast and east swells and north and northeast winds; the middle of the beach, more crowded with rights and lefts similar to the waves of the soft beach; and the left corner, more to the north, with long, more tubular lefts that work with east swell and northeast wind. The bottom is sandy and the wave can reach 2.5 meters.