Fazenda

Fazenda Beach is inside the Serra do Mar State Park, Picinguaba section, at the far north of Ubatuba, on the São Paulo coast, about 36 km from downtown, and was once named one of Brazil's ten most beautiful beaches by the British newspaper The Guardian. The bottom is almost flat sand and the spot only really works in very specific conditions, when the sea is big from the south, forming waves in both directions on a beach normally recommended for beginners precisely because of its rare working window.

Although it only breaks occasionally, when it works Fazenda becomes a surf paradise, with clear water and a backdrop of preserved native forest. The crowd tends to grow a lot on the rare occasions the spot is good, since many people come from elsewhere just to take advantage of those windows, but the beach is long and there are many sandbars to spread out on. It's worth following the forecast closely and enjoying the sunset if the session coincides with late afternoon.