Beaches and swimming in Rio de Janeiro

75 beaches and designated swimming areas are mapped around Rio de Janeiro, covering lake and river swimming spots as well as coastline.

Named beaches and swimming spots in Rio de Janeiro

  1. Praia da Esplanada Verde
  2. Prainha da Glória
  3. Praia do Flamengo
  4. praia
  5. Praia do Gragoatá
  6. Praia de Dentro
  7. Praia de Botafogo
  8. Praia da Boa Viagem
  9. Praia de Fora
  10. Praia da Urca
  11. Praia Grande
  12. Praia das Flechas
  13. Caixa de areia
  14. parquinho
  15. Praia Vermelha
  16. Praia de Adão
  17. Praia do Curvo
  18. Praia da Eva
  19. Praia do Canto
  20. Praia de Jurujuba
  21. Praia de Icaraí
  22. Praia do Cais
  23. Praia do Leme
  24. Praia da Ponta da Ilha
  25. Praia da Várzea

Showing 25 of the 30 named points. The map has all 75, including the 45 that carry no name in OpenStreetMap.

Questions

Where can I swim in Rio de Janeiro?
The map shows 75 mapped beaches and swimming areas. Pair them with toilets, parking and ice cream using the "Beach day" preset.
Is the water quality shown?
No. Water quality is monitored by local authorities and changes through the season, so check their current advisories before swimming.
Are these beaches supervised?
OpenStreetMap sometimes records a lifeguard, but coverage is patchy. Assume a beach is unsupervised unless you can see otherwise on site.
Where does this beaches and swimming spots data come from?
From OpenStreetMap, a map built by volunteer surveyors and maintained continuously. It is the best available source for small fixtures like this one, because they are the things commercial map providers do not bother collecting.
Something is missing or wrong. Can I fix it?
Yes, and it is the fastest way to get it corrected. Edit the point on openstreetmap.org and the change flows through to this page on the next refresh. There is no separate database here to correct.
Is the list of beaches and swimming spots in Rio de Janeiro complete?
It is as complete as the local survey effort. Densely mapped cities are close to exhaustive; elsewhere expect gaps. The map is always the fuller view, since the list on this page only names the points that have a name.

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