on this link, the instituto estadual do ambiente - inea, provides the bathing suitability of several beaches on paquetá island, including praia dos tamoios.

constantly updated, the red flags mean that swimming is not advisable, green flags mean waters are clean, and yellow flags suggest using own judgment.

any of rio's beaches may have polluted waters within 24 to 48 hours following heavy rains.

on this page we posted a list of all of paquetá island's beaches, and detailed information on logistics and pousadas.

this link shows praia dos tamoios on a wikimapia - the link as we present it is best seen using google chrome, as it might not open correctly with other browsers.