Copacabana Beach
Beach volleyball, caipirinhas and the world's most famous crescent of sand, a live webcam at Posto 6.
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Four kilometres of the world's most famous beach, live from Posto 6 at the Copacabana's southern end. The black-and-white wave mosaic of the promenade, the football and futevôlei courts, the vendors' parade: Rio's democratic living room in one frame.
Beach life here is a full-time culture: dawn swimmers and surfers first, families and altinha circles through the day, and the evening promenade crowd as the lights come on along the crescent. Summer weekends pack the sand solid.
Rio runs on UTC−3. New Year's Eve (Réveillon) is this live webcam's Super Bowl: two million people in white on the sand, and midnight fireworks the length of the beach, one of the great live events of the year.
