Nude beaches
This list includes topfree beaches, clothing-optional beaches (or nude beaches) and some resorts. Topfree beaches allow women to sunbathe without a bikini top or other clothing above the waist. Clothing-optional beaches allow either sex to sunbathe with or without clothing above or below the waist. A nude beach may also be an obligatory nude area, which means that both sexes are obliged to go without clothing above as well as below the waist.
Argentina
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- Buenos Aires: Playa Escondida,[1] a nude beach[a] is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Mar del Plata and a few minutes of Miramar.
- Villa Gesell: Playa Querandí[2]
- Moreno: Eden guesthouse[3]
Brazil
Public nudity is a misdemeanor in Brazil, except in places officially designated by the local authority.
- Massarandupió, beach in Bahia State, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Salvador on BA-099[4]
- Praia do Encanto, beach in Bahia State, middle-south of Tinharé Island or Morro de São Paulo, 2 hours by boat south from Salvador.[5][6]
- Barra Seca, beach in Espirito Santo State, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Linhares.
- Praia do Abricó,[7] beach west of Rio de Janeiro (Note: no land and restricted cellular telephone service—some providers do not cover this area.)
- Olho de Boi (Bull's Eye Beach)[b] is one of the beaches in Búzios, in Rio de Janeiro State, and the most popular official nude beach in Brazil for gays.
- Jurubá – in the historic city of Paraty, in the state of Rio.
- Praia Brava – a beach shared by nudists and surfers, in Cabo Frio, north of the state of Rio.[8]
- Praia Brava – a beach in Trindade, close to Paraty, south of Rio de Janeiro state.[9]
- Praia da Galheta, Santa Catarina, a partially deserted clothes-optional beach on the east coast of Florianópolis (can be reached only by foot)
- Pedras Altas, Santa Catarina, between Florianópolis and Garopaba,
- Praia do Pinho,[c] in Santa Catarina, next to Balneário Camboriú (often simply referred to as Balneário by locals), near Florianópolis
Although there are no official nude beaches throughout the state of São Paulo, naturism is commonly practiced in the following areas:
- Praia da Desertinha, Peruíbe[10]
- Praia do Éden, Guarujá[11]
- Praia Branca, Guarujá[12]
- Praia Preta, Guarujá[12]
- Praia do Camburí, Guarujá[12]
- Brava Beach, in the Boissucanga section of São Sebastião[13]
- Praia Brava, Caraguatatuba[14]
- Praia Mansa, Ubatuba[15]
- Praia da Lagoa, Ubatuba[16]
- Praia do Alto, Ubatuba[17]
Note: Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro is not a nude beach, despite its depiction as such in the 1984 motion picture Blame It on Rio.
Chile
- Horcón: Playa Luna, beach in Caleta Horcón, near Puchuncaví at North of Valparaiso Province.
- Iquique: Playa Luna Norte, beach near Iquique at Tarapaca Region, at North of Chile.
- Coliumo: Playa Luna Sur, beach in Coliumo near Tomé and Concepción at Biobio Region, at South of Chile.
- Pichilemu: Playa La Pancora, beach near Punta de Lobosat South of Pichilemu and Playa Chorrillos at North of Pichilemu, in O'Higgins Region.
- Arica: Playa Corazones has long been a site for nudists. In the 1990s, attempts were made to make it an official nudist beach, but these attempts failed due to the intervention of the local churches.[18]
- Antofagasta: Playa Escondida (not an official nudist beach but nudity is tolerated there).
Colombia
- Tayrona Park, West from Cabo San Juan all the way until you can go no further and there's a nudist beach.[19]
Ecuador
- Súa, a nude beach located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Atacames and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Esmeraldas.[20]
Peru
Uruguay
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- Chihuahua beach in Maldonado
- La Sirena beach in Aguas Dulces[22]
Venezuela
- Playa Miami, a nude beach located near Laguna de Tacarigua.[23]
- Playa Mono Manso, Playa Yaguarita and Playa Kapino, located near Chuspa.[23]
- Playa El Diario and Playa Grande, near Choroní.[23]
- Cayos de Morrocoy (in a few of the cays), Isla de Margarita, Playa Acuarela and Playa El Agua.[23]
