It is a peninsula with eight kilometers of extension and 23 beaches, receiving on one side maritime currents of the Equator and the other maritime currents of the south pole, which causes beaches to have both warm waters and cold waters. Among the main beaches are Geribá, Tucuns, João Fernandes, Ferradura, Ferradurinha, Marina, Armação, Manguinhos, Turtle, Bones, Brava and Olho-de-Boi, the latter reserved for the practice of naturism.
