twelve kilometers long, the beach goes from saquarema, after praia de itaúnas to arraial do cabo - access is via the road to figueira (rj-102). 

located in the district of monte alto, massambaba sandbank, praia do sudoeste is an unusual and magnificent landscape.     

a lakeside beach, the water is salted by the araruama lagoon, and the beach's edge is dotted with casuarinas, shrubs and trees brought in from australia.  

the sand is white and the water is green, clear and pleasantly warm, due to its shallowness.