Diving by the Arvoredo Marine Biological Reserve, trails that end at lookouts over the sea, boat trips, surf, traditional fishing and food from the sea. A guide from people who live here, one activity at a time.
Bombinhas is known as Santa Catarina's capital of eco-diving, and the reason lies a few miles offshore: the Arvoredo Marine Biological Reserve. Created in 1990 and managed by ICMBio, Brazil's federal conservation agency, it protects the islands of Arvoredo, Galé and Deserta and the Calhau de São Pedro rock, and plays a key role in fish breeding along this stretch of coast. That protected sea is why the water around Bombinhas is so rewarding for anyone who puts on a mask.
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Seeing Bombinhas from the water is how you understand the peninsula: the headlands, the hidden coves and the islands on the horizon only show themselves fully from on board. Several companies run boat trips in two styles: relaxed ones, for taking in the scenery, and adventure trips with pirates, designed to entertain the whole family. Schooners leave from Mar de Dentro in Canto Grande, among other spots.
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Bombinhas is a peninsula of hills covered in Atlantic Forest, and nearly every trail here ends with the same reward: the sea seen from above. Two municipal conservation areas hold the best routes — Morro do Macaco Municipal Natural Park, in Canto Grande, and Costeira de Zimbros Municipal Natural Park, in the south of the peninsula.
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Not all of Bombinhas' sea is a swimming pool. The beaches facing the open ocean get real swell, and two of them are the heart of the local surf: Quatro Ilhas and Mariscal.
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We know every beach — and every property — in Bombinhas. Talk to our team and find your place in the sun.
