outdoor showers can been seen on the beach are typically found closer to beach entrances - public bathrooms can be utilized for a small fee and are located directly inside the numbered beach posts - friendly beach reminders include throwing out personal garbage in one of the many trash bins along the sand, and on the boardwalk - often beach goers will throw away the 'forgotten trash' of others to keep the beach clean.

perhaps unique to rio de janeiro, on carioca beaches women can tan lying on a kanga, but men rarely do so - male beachgoers tend to stand up, swim, or sit on a portable chair rather than lying flat on the sand.