Praia do Gunga
Região Geográfica Imediata de São Miguel dos Campos, Alagoas, Brazil
Today at a glance
Calmest: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 5:19 pm4.5
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
4.8
4 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
4.6
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
3.9
19 km/h12 mph wind, Poor
3.6
23 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
3.4
25 km/h16 mph wind, Poor
3.3
26 km/h16 mph wind, Poor
3.4
26 km/h16 mph wind, Poor
3.9
25 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
4.4
25 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
4.8
26 km/h16 mph wind, Fair
5.0
27 km/h17 mph wind, Fair
5.3
28 km/h17 mph wind, Fair
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 25°C78°F
- Water
- 28°C82°F
- Wind
- 128 km/hmph E
- Gusts
- 2012 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.4 m4 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 84%
- Sunset
- 5:19 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 7 am, -0.8 m2 ft
- High 1 pm, 1.0 m3 ft
- Low 7 pm, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 1 am, 1.1 m4 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun7.2 GreatBest 7 am to 2 pmWind up to 34 km/h21 mph, rain 6%
- Mon8.4 GreatBest 5 am to 1 pmWind up to 38 km/h23 mph, rain 2%
- Tue8.6 ExcellentBest 5 am to 1 pmWind up to 37 km/h23 mph, rain 2%
- Wed8.1 GreatBest 1 pm to 4 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 47%
- Thu8.1 GreatBest 2 pm to 6 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 59%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Praia do Gunga
Praia do Gunga is a beach located in Alagoas, Brazil. It has an area of 27,712 square meters and is 488 meters long. The nearest town is Barra de São Miguel, located 4.432 kilometers away.
Praia do Gunga (Gunga's beach) is located 20 miles south of Maceió, Alagoas. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil.
The beach is surrounded by coconut trees and it positioned right between the Atlantic Ocean and Lagoa do Roteiro (Roteiro Lake). This position guarantees a unique color of the ocean surrounding the beach. It is bluer during the low tides and it turns greener during the high tides when the ocean waters meet the lake waters.
Source: Praia do Gunga on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 4.4 km2.8 miBarra de São Miguel (village)
- Nearest airport
- 41 km25 miAeroporto Internacional de Maceió - Zumbi dos Palmares (MCZ)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Praia Barra de São Miguel3.5 km2.2 mi north-east away5.3 Fair later
- French's Beach12 km7.3 mi north-east away5.5 Good later
- Praia do Francês12 km7.5 mi north-east away5.5 Good later
- Praia da Lagoa Azeda15 km9.1 mi south-west away6.1 Good later
- Praia do Saco17 km10 mi north-east away5.5 Good later