Balneário Camboriú tide times

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.

Model-derived from a global ocean grid. Useful indication; expect about ±45 minutes on average vs. a local harmonic gauge, individual stations vary widely. See /methodology for per-region detail. Not for navigation.

Conditions as of 20:00 local time. Refreshes daily.

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.

The angler tradition for major/minor fishing windows: major ≈3-hour windows around moon transit and opposition; minor ≈2-hour windows around moonrise and moonset. Times are America/Sao Paulo local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Next spring tide on Mon 04 May (range 0.8m). Next neap on Fri 08 May.

Spring tides cluster around new and full moons (biggest swings). Neap tides land on quarter moons (smallest swings). See the spring tide and neap tide glossary entries for the why.

Balneário Camboriú is a dense, vertical beach city on the Santa Catarina coast, roughly 80 kilometres north of Florianópolis. The main beach — Praia Central — runs 6 kilometres in a tight arc backed by a wall of high-rise apartment towers. By resident count per square kilometre in summer, it ranks among the most densely populated spots in South America. The tidal regime is semidiurnal with a mean spring range of approximately 1.2 metres — enough to be visible at the beach margins, where a falling tide exposes a wider band of sand and the beach volleyball courts migrate seaward with the tide, but not the dramatic four-metre swings that define some other Brazilian coastlines. The Unipraias Park connects Camboriú Beach to Laranjeiras Beach by cable car (teleférico), rising 130 metres over the Morro do Aguada headland. Laranjeiras is accessible only by water or the cable car — no road reaches it — which keeps it significantly quieter than Praia Central even in peak season. The water on the Laranjeiras side is noticeably calmer because the beach faces northwest, sheltered from the dominant south and southeast swell. This makes it the better option for families with small children when a south swell is running. Barra Sul, at the southern end of Praia Central, is the mouth of the Camboriú River. At low tide the tidal inlet is shallow and exposed; at high tide, it deepens enough to launch stand-up paddleboards and small kayaks into the river estuary, which winds inland through a corridor of second-growth Atlantic Forest and occasional mangrove fringe. The river mouth also shows tidal sediment transport clearly — the sandbars shift position seasonally, and the river plume is visible in satellite imagery against the darker sea water. Seasonal variability here is pronounced. Summer (December through February) brings warm water (22 to 26°C), consistent south Atlantic swell, and maximum crowd density. Winter (June through August) is cooler (16 to 20°C water temperature), less crowded, and brings cold fronts with generated swell to 3 to 4 metres reaching Praia Central — visible from the elevated sections of the cable car route as lines of white water across the bay. Winter swells are most relevant for the ocean-facing beaches further south on the Santa Catarina coast; Balneário Camboriú itself is partially sheltered by the headlands to the south and northeast. The city functions almost exclusively as a resort destination with a permanent infrastructure to match: the beach promenade (calçadão) runs the length of Praia Central, lined with kiosks and restaurants. For a working-harbour contrast, the fishing village of Penha, 20 kilometres north, still operates a small artisanal fleet. Predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo Marine, a gridded global ocean model. Accuracy is typically within plus or minus 45 minutes on timing and 0.2 to 0.3 metres on height — model-derived, not from a local gauge. For authoritative Brazilian tide data, consult the Centro de Hidrografia da Marinha (CHM) at mar.mil.br/chm.