Praia de Iracema
Região Metropolitana de Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
- Lifeguards
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Best: 1 pm to sunset, sunset 5:24 pm5.6
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
5.6
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
5.6
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
5.8
27 km/h17 mph wind, Good
6.2
28 km/h17 mph wind, Good
6.7
28 km/h17 mph wind, Good
7.0
29 km/h18 mph wind, Great
7.5
28 km/h17 mph wind, Great
8.1
25 km/h15 mph wind, Great
8.4
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great
7.8
25 km/h15 mph wind, Great
8.3
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 1 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 26°C80°F
- Water
- 29°C83°F
- Wind
- 2616 km/hmph ESE
- Gusts
- 3522 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.5 m5 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 29%
- Sunset
- 5:24 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 8 am, -0.9 m3 ft
- High 2 pm, 1.3 m4 ft
- Low 8 pm, -0.8 m3 ft
- High 2 am, 1.4 m5 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.
About Praia de Iracema
Praia de Iracema is a beach in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. OpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station nearby, and the beach is located 1,879 meters from the city center. The beach is adjacent to Aterro da Praia de Iracema, which is 235 meters away, and there are 15 free parking options within 500 meters.
Praia de Iracema (lit. "Iracema Beach") is a beach and a neighborhood located in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza in the state of Ceará. Its name comes from the character Iracema that gives name to a famous novel by the cearense writer José de Alencar.
In the past the locality was called Porto das Jangadas (lit. "Jangadas Port") and then Praia do Peixe (lit. "Fish Beach"), now Praia de Iracema. Until 1947, it was the port area of Fortaleza, with loading and unloading of goods and people through the Ponte Metálica (lit. "Metallic Bridge"), deactivated after the construction of the Port of Mucuripe. Today it is a bohemian neighborhood of the city.
Source: Praia de Iracema on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- LifeguardStation 110 m360 ft awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms390 m0.2 mi away
- Showers130 m410 ft away
- Parking15 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 190 m620 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink59 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Rentals3 within 500 m0.3 miAterro Praia de Iracema
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 180 m590 ft
- Nearest town
- 1.9 km1.2 miFortaleza (city)
Nearby places
- Aterro Praia de IracemaRental220 m720 ft
- Aterrinho da Praia de IracemaRental300 m990 ft
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Aterro da Praia de Iracema0.2 km0.1 mi south-east away8.0 Great later
- Praia dos Crush0.7 km0.4 mi west away8.0 Great later
- Praia do Meireles1.0 km0.6 mi east away8.0 Great later
- Praia do Havaizinho1.3 km0.8 mi west away8.0 Great later
- Volta da Jurema1.4 km0.9 mi east away8.0 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.4 GreatBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 11%
- Sun7.6 GreatBest 6 am to 12 pmWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 10%
- Mon8.7 ExcellentBest 6 am to 6 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 18%
- Tue8.9 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 16%
- Wed8.6 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 6 pmWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 18%
- Thu8.1 GreatBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 53%