Tibao do Sul — S/V Oroboro

Tibau do Sul, November 2019

We also visited Tibao do Sul. Initially we wanted to get there by boat. I read a Brazilian pilot book very popular among Brazilian sailors, where it was claimed that it was possible to enter the small river by boat. Various Brazilian skippers also specified the waypoints.

However, by looking at the charts and on Google Maps I thought that it was going to be extremely difficult, if not impossible.

So instead of blindly following the pilot book, I decided to check it by myself. I'm glad I did. The entrance to the river is extremely narrow — the catamaran you see there is a tourist catamaran and the skipper does this day in day out. Anybody else attempting this must be crazy.

We had a great time with Mario, trying all the different restaurants in town.

Tibao do Sul is a great place for kite surfing as well, in front of sand dunes. We had so much fun!

S/V Oroboro GPS track — Tibau do Sul, Brazil — Nov 2019 • GPS data from Raymarine chartplotter • Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

Every anchorage — Tibau do Sul, Nov 2019

Sand dune kite surfing and excellent seafood — visited by road from Jacaré marina.

Stop	Date	Notes
Tibau do Sul	Nov 2019	Sand dune kite surfing · excellent restaurants · visited by road from Jacaré marina

Anchorage maps

Zoomed map of the Tibau do Sul area.