Praia da Vigia

Next to the rocks of the cove at Praia da Vigia, in Garopaba, it is common to see fish and small schools, and occasionally turtles.

The name comes from Morro da Vigia, from where lookouts watched the schools of fish and told the fishermen when to cast their nets, a practice that still tends to take place during the mullet season, between May and July. In May 2026, a school estimated at more than 40,000 mullet was recorded at the beach. In one artisanal fishing haul at Praia da Vigia, about 20,000 mullet were caught and, seen from above, they formed a dark circular patch in the water.

At the northern end, among the rocks, there is a lithic workshop left by the sambaquianos, the first inhabitants of the region. The workshop has rock inscriptions and was left by hunters, fishers and gatherers who lived there between 1,000 and 6,000 years ago.