Praia do Cepilho.

Praia do Cepilho, also called Cepilhao, is the wave that put Trindade on Brazil's surf map and remains the best known break on the Paraty coast. It sits in a horseshoe shaped bay where the Rio-Santos road meets the village, so arriving surfers pass the beach before reaching anywhere else in Trindade. The bottom mixes sand and rock, throwing heavy, fast, hollow peaks that break both left and right, with real tube sections when swell lines up from the east or southeast against an offshore west wind. It has run on the covers of Fluir and Hardcore surf magazines and hosted regional contests, evidence locals take the wave seriously. Rocks along the shoreline are most exposed at low tide, so timing matters as much as size. Despite the reputation, the lineup stays lighter than Trindade's other beaches: roadside parking, a beach bar and camping sit right at the sand. Cepilho suits intermediate to advanced surfers able to handle a powerful, rock fringed a-frame rather than a forgiving beginner bank.

A horseshoe bay where heavy, hollow peaks break both ways over a rock studded bottom.