Brazil

This unfinished page contains text from either the 2003 or 2005 print version of Encyclopedia of Surfing.

This vast South American nation is home to a near-endless string of sand-bottom surf breaks and a colorful, hypercompetitive, fast-growing surf culture. Brazil's sun-warmed 5,000-mile Atlantic coastline runs in a sawtooth pattern from the subtropical south to the equatorial northeast, and can be divided into four main surfing areas: 1) The southern states, most notably Santa Catarina, home to Br...

Subscribe or Login

Plans start at $5, cancel anytimeTrouble logging-in? Contact us.