# Saquarema surf guide 'Brazil's Maracanã of surfing': powerful Itaúna beach hosts the championship tour's Brazilian stop. - **Location:** Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (-22.9300, -42.4900) - **Best season:** Apr – Sep (April, May, June, July, August, September) - **Water:** 19–25°C (boardshorts (warmest) to 3/2 mm (coldest)) - **Waves:** Beach break - **Suits:** Intermediate, Advanced surfers - **Interactive map, stays and what's on:** https://swellcabin.com/town/saquarema - **Feed (new YouTube surf videos and Instagram posts from Saquarema):** https://swellcabin.com/town/saquarema?feed ## Surf spots - **Jaconé**: Beach break, lefts and rights, all levels, faces S (offshore wind from the N), best at low to mid tide. Suits all levels. (-22.9400, -42.6442) - **Seca**: Beach break, lefts and rights, all levels, faces S (offshore wind from the N), best at all tides. Suits all levels. (-22.9403, -42.2820) ## Where to stay 136 places to stay within 10 km. Surf camps: Saquarema Surf Hostel, Itaúna Surf House, Itaúna Surf Camping. Hostels: Johnnie Beach Hostel, Spazio Itaúna Pousada, Casa em Itaúna - Espuma da Praia, Hostel Verde Canto, Mahalo Guest House, Fui Surfar Guest House. ## FAQ ### When is the best time to surf in Saquarema? The best surf season in Saquarema is Apr – Sep (April, May, June, July, August, September). The sea ranges from 19°C to 25°C over the year. ### Which months have the most good surf days in Saquarema? Measured over the last three years (2023-11-01 to 2026-10-31), the waves at Saquarema's best spot were good or better most often in June (80% of days, 43% great), April (86% of days, 31% great) and July (77% of days, 40% great), and least often in November (60%). From each day's swell and wind (Open-Meteo), rated like Swell Cabin's forecast. ### Do I need a wetsuit in Saquarema? Water temperature in Saquarema is 19–25°C: boardshorts (warmest) to 3/2 mm (coldest). ### Is Saquarema good for beginner surfers? Saquarema is better for intermediate and advanced surfers, though Jaconé and Seca can suit all levels on smaller days. ### What are the surf spots in Saquarema? Saquarema has 2 surf spots on Swell Cabin: Jaconé (Beach break, lefts and rights, all levels, faces S (offshore wind from the N), best at low to mid tide); Seca (Beach break, lefts and rights, all levels, faces S (offshore wind from the N), best at all tides). ### Where should surfers stay in Saquarema? Swell Cabin lists 136 places to stay within 10 km of Saquarema, including 3 surf camps such as Saquarema Surf Hostel, Itaúna Surf House and Itaúna Surf Camping, 12 hostels, 34 guesthouses and homestays, 20 rentals and villas. Each one shows its distance to the nearest surf spot. ### What is the surf forecast for Saquarema this week? Swell Cabin shows a live 7-day surf forecast for Saquarema and each of its 2 surf spots on https://swellcabin.com/town/saquarema: each spot rated hour by hour (Flat, Poor, Fair, Good, Great or Epic) from the way its coast faces, the swell, its period, the wind and the tide, with the best time each day and why, the size in surfers' words (e.g. "chest to head high, clean"), tides, and how sure the forecast is (three wave models compared). It is checked live against the nearest buoy and airport wind reports where there are any, and refreshed every few hours (waves from Open-Meteo, wind from MET Norway). ### When is the best tide to surf in Saquarema? It depends on the spot: shallow reefs usually want mid to high tide, most beach breaks work best around mid tide. Swell Cabin's forecast for Saquarema weighs each spot's tide hour by hour and shows the best window each day with the high and low tide times (approximate: there is no tide gauge near the town). ### Is the Saquarema surf forecast checked against measurements? Yes. The open water off Saquarema is checked against the satellite altimeters (Copernicus Marine's near-real-time wave heights): 61 satellite passes within 100 km since 2026-09-23, typically 42 km out, put the forecast wave height within 20% of the measurement 100% of the time after correcting the wave model, which ran 7% low out there (100% before). Of the three wave models compared, Météo-France has been the closest to the satellites here. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information (https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00179). Last checked 2026-11-05. ### How reliable is Swell Cabin's information about Saquarema? Trust in this page's data is low (45/100): the town has not been verified against sources in the last 12 months; 0 of 2 spots fully verified, 2 with a researched tide; season and water temperature checked against measured data; 3 open audit warnings. How we check: https://github.com/danielgalam/swellcabin/blob/main/docs/data-accuracy.md Last checked against sources on 2026-11-05. Every value comes from measured data (Open-Meteo, buoys), open databases (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata) or a published page we opened, never from visitor reports; a daily audit compares them and a weekly evaluation measures the error rate (https://github.com/danielgalam/swellcabin/blob/main/docs/data-quality.md). ### Is there a live surf cam in Saquarema? Swell Cabin hasn't found a live surf cam it could check in Saquarema yet (it only lists cams it has opened); the surf forecast on its page shows the waves this week. ### Where can I take surf lessons in Saquarema? Surf schools in and around Saquarema include Escola De Surf Saquarema, Associacao de Surf de Saquarema, Quiksilver Prime Surf / Saquarema - RJ and Saquarema - O Maracanã do Surf.