A surfing paradise spot - located in the surf city of Palhoça - with lefts and rights waves breaking in a river mouth over the sand.

The name "Guarda do Embaú" originated from the fact that centuries ago it was common to have pirates sailing along the coastline, as it happens; some pirates were unlucky and got ship wrecked.

Check out the surfing photo gallery of Guarda do Embaú bellow:

As they could not carry their treasure with them, they decided to bury the treasures which were kept in treasure trove along these shores. "guardado" ( kept inside) em baú (inside trove). In time the natives split the word "guardado" (Guarda do) which means "guard of" , and merged the words em bau to form a new word with no meaning; "Embaú".

Guarda do Embaú was put on the world surfing map by the first surfers who discovered it's perfect waves back in the 70's. In those days it was common for these surfers to remove the road signs from the highway to ensure that other surfers could not find this paradise.

But as nothing in the modern world is kept secret for very long, it wasn't long into the 80's when an article in the Brazilian Playboy Magazine spread the news about the existence of this paradise. Since then, it has never been out of the media.

Bellow there is some information of this great surfing spot in the South of Brazil:

Wave Type: Hollow, barreling.

Direction: lefts and rights.

Localism: Average.

Best wind: NE

Best Swell: SE - E

Best Tides: All

Hazards: None

by Gel owner of Surf Camp & Chale Gel & Susanne