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Praia de Ipitanga

Região Metropolitana de Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Praia de Ipitanga 1 photo

  • Stella Maris (Salvador) e Lauro de Freitas do alto

    Stella Maris (Salvador) e Lauro de Freitas do alto. Marvin Kennedy, CC BY 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 5:32 pm
6 am
4.9
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
7 am
4.9
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
8 am
5.5
14 km/h8 mph wind, Good
9 am
5.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
10 am
5.4
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
11 am
5.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
12 pm
5.9
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
1 pm
5.9
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
2 pm
7.1
21 km/h13 mph wind, Great
3 pm
8.2
22 km/h14 mph wind, Great
4 pm
8.0
22 km/h14 mph wind, Great
5 pm
7.3
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 3 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
25°C78°F
Water
26°C79°F
Wind
117 km/hmph E
Gusts
1710 km/hmph
Waves
1.1 m4 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
61%
Sunset
5:32 pm
Today
4.9Fair6 am127
4.9Fair7 am138
5.5Good8 am148
5.1Fair9 am1610
5.4Fair10 am1811
5.5Good11 am1811
5.9Good12 pm1912
5.9Good1 pm2113
7.1Great2 pm2113
8.2Great3 pm2214
8.0Great4 pm2214
7.3Great5 pm2415
Sat
7.9Great6 am117
7.8Great7 am117
8.1Great8 am138
7.6Great9 am1610
7.0Great10 am2012
7.5Great11 am2415
7.7Great12 pm2716
8.1Great1 pm2616
8.3Great2 pm2516
8.3Great3 pm2516
8.3Great4 pm2616
8.2Great5 pm2616
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 7 am, -0.8 m. High at 1 pm, 1.0 m. Low at 7 pm, -0.7 m. High at 1 am, 1.1 mLow 7 am, -0.8 m2 ftHigh 1 pm, 1.0 m3 ftLow 7 pm, -0.7 m2 ftHigh 1 am, 1.1 m4 ftNow9 am3 pm9 pm3 am
  • Low 7 am, -0.8 m2 ft
  • High 1 pm, 1.0 m3 ft
  • Low 7 pm, -0.7 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.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

Facilities

  • Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 190 m610 ft. Fee not listed
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
2.2 km1.4 miLauro de Freitas (city)
Nearest airport
2 km1 miAeroporto Internacional Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães (SSA)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Praia de Ipitanga.

Partner links

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat8.3 GreatBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 27 km/h16 mph, rain 22%
  • Sun6.9 GoodBest 6 am to 11 amWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 4%
  • Mon9.3 ExcellentBest 8 am to 12 pmWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue7.6 GreatBest 10 am to 2 pmWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 10%
  • Wed8.7 ExcellentBest 11 am to 3 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 41%
  • Thu8.8 ExcellentBest 6 am to 6 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 17%