Pipa Beach is a famous beach in the municipality of Tibau do Sul, being 85 km from Natal, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It is the main resort of the Southern coast of the state, which includes beaches like Ponta do Madeiro and Love Beach. The most endemic and atypical characteristic of this tropical paradise is the junction between towering dunes superimposed on the horizon over the trays that end in geo-morphologically alive cliffs by the action of the sea and winds; not known elsewhere in the world where the coastline dunes and sedimentary cliffs to recombine so spectacularly with a dense green that comes to take the falesiana front.

On the beach

Initially it was a quiet fishing village, very calm, quiet, to be frequented by surfers and soon tourists from all over the planet. It is famous for having one of the busiest nights of the state, has a large number of hotels, inns, hostels, restaurants, bars, clubs and is always full, either in high or low season.

Pipa is still a place that attracts many surfers because of its waves, and recently has been also sought by kite surfers, thanks to the combination of beautiful waves and strong winds.

The name 'kite' is due to the fact that the Portuguese passing ship by nearby saw a rock that looked like a shape of a kite. Pipa in Portugal, is the most common name for barrel of wine or oil, [1] so that the stone reminded.

Pipa also has history in the war of Dutch Brazil, explains the entry dedicated to Maurice of Nassau.

Pipa Beach in all its extension, is defined as an area of ​​preservation of sea turtles under Resolution n.º10 of 24/10/1996, the National Environmental Council (CONAMA). [2]

It is clarified that the name Pipa Beach is best known by the locals and the state's population, while Pipa name is better known by tourists.

The beach also annually holds the Gastronomic Festival of Pipa.