Brazil naturist beaches

Small nudist area.

Praia Jurubatiba is a nudist-friendly beach in Brazil. Nudity is optional.

Massarandupió is Bahia's official naturist beach, on the Linha Verde coast about 93 km north of Salvador in Entre Rios municipality. The Entre Rios council declared it a naturist area in 1999, and it is run by the local naturist association (Amanat). The setting is classic northeast Brazil: warm water, a wide sand beach lined with coconut palms, dunes behind, and small freshwater streams running down to the sea. The area is also a sea-turtle nesting zone within an environmental protection area. The naturist strip is about 2 km long, though most visitors use the first 800 m or so. Between the clothed beach and the naturist strip there is a transition zone where nudity is optional, useful for mixed groups. Inside the naturist area, being clothed is not allowed and municipal rules forbid photographing people without consent, sexual behaviour and motor vehicles. Simple beach shacks serve seafood, moquecas and drinks on both the clothed and naturist sides. The village on the approach road has pousadas, hostels and small shops. Entry is free and the beach is open every day; in summer and on Saturdays security staff manage the flow of visitors.

Olho de Boi is a tiny hidden cove on the Búzios peninsula in Rio de Janeiro state, tucked between two rock walls just beyond Praia Brava and inside the Costa do Sol State Park. Its narrow strip of sand faces calm, very clear water that is good for swimming, and the native coastal scrub around it keeps it out of sight. It is one of the eight beaches listed in the Brazilian press as recognised naturist beaches, and the house rule is nudity on the sand and in the water, with clothing tolerated on the rocks and along the trail; even the drinks vendors work nude. There are no kiosks or restaurants. The crowd is small and mostly men and couples; lone women are rarely seen. The trail descends from a viewpoint above the cove, so you can see how busy it is before going down. In August 2026 a wildfire burned part of the access trail area.

Pedras Altas is a small, sheltered beach in Palhoça, on the mainland coast about 30 km south of Florianópolis, beyond the Enseada de Brito area. It is one of Santa Catarina's three naturist beaches listed by the Brazilian Naturist Federation, and its naturist group dates from 1994. The beach is split in two, with rocks and vegetation separating a clothed side from the naturist side. The water is unusually calm for the Santa Catarina coast, with little or no surf, which makes it suitable for children and easy swimming. Both sides have a bar and restaurant. The naturist side also has a small, rustic pousada, a camping area and its own parking, so it works for an overnight stay as well as a day trip. Because the approach is difficult, the beach stays quiet compared with Praia do Pinho or Galheta, and it draws mainly regulars, couples and families. Some reports say there are separate spots for unaccompanied visitors and for couples and families.

Galheta is a small, undeveloped surf beach on the east coast of Santa Catarina Island in Florianópolis, tucked between Praia Mole to the south and Barra da Lagoa to the north. It sits inside a protected area, the Monumento Natural Municipal da Galheta, and has no roads, buildings or kiosks: the only way in is on foot over the headlands. For more than 40 years Galheta was the city's naturist beach, and from 1997 to 2016 nude bathing there was formally allowed, though optional. That permission ended when the area was reclassified as a natural monument, and the council now says nudism is not allowed, although some naturists still use the beach and local campaigners are pushing a bill to legalise it again. In practice the crowd is mixed and on quiet days most visitors are clothed. The beach faces the open Atlantic and has rocky headlands at both ends. The Mole trail and the area near it are known as gay cruising grounds, and there has been at least one reported serious assault on the trail, so visitors are advised not to walk it alone at quiet times.

Praia da Lagoa is a nudist-friendly beach in Brazil. Nudity is optional.

Barra Seca is Espírito Santo's only naturist beach and one of the eight beaches recognised by the Brazilian Naturist Federation (FBrN). It lies on the remote northern coast of the state, north of Pontal do Ipiranga in Linhares municipality and about 140 km from Vitória, near where the Barra Seca river reaches the Atlantic. The naturist area is small, about 200 m of beach, and is run by NatES, the Espírito Santo naturist congregation, which has looked after it since 1994. This is open ocean: the sea is rough and the sand coarse, so it is more a place to lie out and paddle than to swim far. What sets Barra Seca apart is the facility the association maintains: a shared kitchen, barbecue, fridge, fresh water, toilets and showers, shaded benches, and a camping area with power. There are no vendors, so visitors bring their own food and drink. NatES reports roughly 1,500 visitors a year, and the area welcomes couples, singles and families, with separate spots for first-timers, members, couples and families. Nudity is expected inside the area and photography needs consent.

Praia do Abricó is a small, wild beach in the Grumari environmental protection area on the far western edge of Rio de Janeiro city, just past Prainha and about 30 km from Copacabana. It is Rio's only naturist beach: the city first authorised naturism here in 1994, the practice was blocked by a court injunction until 2003, and municipal law 5.807, signed in November 2014, confirmed that being nude here is not an offence. About 850 m of soft, pale sand sits below forested hills and granite boulders, out of sight of the coast road. The water is open Atlantic and often rough, so swimming needs care. The Associação Naturista de Abricó looks after the beach and enforces standard naturist rules, with members present at weekends; nudity is expected at weekends and holidays, while on weekdays more people keep swimwear on. A few bars sit at the foot of the access stairs, but there are no vendors on the sand.

Praia do Encanto is a nudist-friendly beach in Brazil. Nudity is optional.

Praia do Pinho is a cove on the southern Interpraias coast of Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, and is the birthplace of organised naturism in Brazil: naturists began using it in the early 1980s and the Federação Brasileira de Naturismo was founded on the beach in 1988. It is a short sandy beach of roughly 500 m between forested headlands, with clean, fairly calm water and rock pools among the boulders at either end. Traditionally the beach was split into a section where nudity is required and one where it is optional, and it was the easiest of Brazil's naturist beaches to reach, with parking, bars, a campsite and a guesthouse on site. Its status changed in December 2025 when the city revoked the naturist designation and banned nudity on all its beaches, citing crime and sexual misconduct; a January 2026 court injunction obtained by the FBrN allows naturism to continue on the sand and in the sea while the case is decided. Expect a changing situation.

Tambaba is a beach in the municipality of Conde, on the southern coast of Paraíba, about 30 km south of João Pessoa, and is Brazil's best-known naturist beach. Naturism has been allowed here since 1991, making it the first legal naturist beach in the Northeast and widely described as the first in Brazil regulated by municipal law. The beach is split in two. A clothed section lies at the access point, and the naturist section is on the left, beyond a small hill, with signs marking where it starts. The beach's postcard image is a rock topped by a single coconut palm. Rock formations screen the naturist cove from view and break the waves, creating small natural pools at low tide. Inside the naturist area clothing is not allowed (a hat is the exception), sexual behaviour and photographing others without consent are forbidden, men may not enter on their own unless they hold a naturist card, and children are welcome with a guardian. The rules are set with the local naturist society; in practice entry checks are reported to be loose.