Copacabana - Posto 6

Posto 6 is at the eastern end of Copacabana, near the Fort, at the border with Diabo Beach, in Rio de Janeiro. The bottom is shallow, a mix of sand and rock, and day to day the waves tend to be weak in this little corner, but on heavy swell days with southwest wind, long and fun waves roll in, quite different from what you see there most of the time.

Farther out is the Shore slab, a shallow rock shelf frequented by bodyboarders willing to take on short, powerful barrels in search of a thrill. The crowd is usually smaller than at Posto 5, which attracts those who prefer a more private spot within Copacabana itself. It's worth keeping an eye on big-swell reports, since those are exactly the days when Posto 6 comes out of weak mode and becomes a real option.