Barequeçaba

Barequeçaba is a beach located 7km south from the centre of the Brazilian city of São Sebastião, São Paulo, following the BR101 known as Rio Santos which is the main road going along the Brazilian coast from Rio until Santos.

Barequeçaba combines both a permanent population, and a floating tourist population. The permanent population, with a large percentage of retired and elderly people ensures a range of services is available on the beach year round: bakery, marina, restaurant, disk pizza, canoe to Praia do Bonete, in Ilhabela, news stand, public school (Itatiba St.), pharmacy, gas station, police station, etc.

The depth of the water at Barequeçaba drops very slowly and the waves are most of the time non-existent. This makes the beach very popular among bathers and families with children. For this reason, the fire brigade (responsible in Brazil for life guarding) has consistently assigned only one staff member to guard the beach, while other beaches have more than 10 life guards assigned.