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Stella Maris: Well known beach due to having hosted many national and state championships. Good waves to both sides. Beach break with good formation. From 2 feet up.

Platô do Stella (Stella's Plateau): Big left hand waves with reef break in the outside beside Stella. Good with big Southeast and East swell, above 6 feet.

Aleluia : Lefts and rights on reef break with great form. Better with South swell above 3 feet.

Ipitanga : Several beach breaks spread over the entire beach (2 km). Better in front of Hotel Mamelucos. Good from 3 feet up.
Neighborhood: Ipitanga (Here starts the city of Lauro de Freitas)

Villas do Atlântico (Atlantic Villas): Long beach with about three spots. All beach breaks with good formation in the outside and reef break more in the inside. Good with East swell starting from 3 feet.
Neighborhood: Villas

Buraquinho (Little Hole): Beach between Villas and Busca Vida in the exit of Rio Joanes (Joanes River) without much option for surfing. Better for kitesurf practice.

Busca Vida (Search for Life): beach begins right after the exit of Rio Joanes (Joanes River). To the Camp and the main spot in Busca Vida it's about 3 km by the beach. The best wave is on a reef break that receives good rights and lefts, mainly with the South swell. Before that there are several beach breaks with good formation that break better with East and Southeast swell, from 2 feet up.
In these beach break spots with South swell the waves close in too much. Neighborhood: Bairro de Abrantes (The Camaçari neighborhood starts)

Jauá : Fishing colony beach, has a spot called UTI (Unidade de Terapia Intensiva, in English, ICU-Intensive Care Unit). Mixed seabed with lefts and rights. Better with a full tide and swell above 3 feet already offers good surfing conditions. Neighborhood: Jauá

Interlagos (Between Lakes) : Beach in a closed condominium of beach break and inside waves. Fast in good days, you bump into some tubes. From 3 feet up.

Arembepe : Neighborhood and fishing village, known all around the world for having sheltered in the Hippie Village, that still exists, Janis Joplin in the 70's and many other names of the worldwide hippie movement. On the other side of the village there's a beach called Piruí, with good lefts on beach break and good formation. Good with East swell above 3 feet.

Barra do Jacuípe (Jacuípe's Stay-bar): In the exit of Rio Jacuípe (Jacuípe River), with East and Northeast swell, there are very good lefts, helped by the strength of the river. With the South swell the wave stars to break on the other side, where there are several beach breaks along the beach.

Scareef : One of the best right hand waves in Brazil. Extensive reef break ending in a small bay. Perfect wave with South swell above 4 feet.

Guarajuba: Neighborhood of houses and condominiums that does not have a good surfing spot. Pretty close to Scareef.

Itacimirim : Good lefts with reef break in the outside. Good with East and Southeast swell above of 4 feet. On the right side of the reef break there's a good beach break for beginners where the wave formation is good and they're not very strong.

Praia do Forte (Strenght Beach): One of the best left hand waves in Brazil. It's a fishing village and has several condominiums. There are about three high quality spots with reef break. The main one has very good left hand waves with a lot of face and good tubes. Good with East and Southeast swell from 3 feet up. (the City of Mata de São João (São João's Bush) starts here).

Imbassahi : After Praia do Forte it's the first beach of Linha Verde (The Green Line) that connects Salvador to Sergipe. There are some beach breaks with regular formation.After Imbassahi, until the boundary of the state, there are endless spots that were not yet explored. However we will restrain detailing information about the spots above, for these are covered by the Camp's trips.

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