Praia do Gravatá, Secluded beach in Florianópolis, Brazil.

Praia do Gravatá is a small beach on the eastern coast of Santa Catarina Island, stretching about 60 meters along the shore. The water is clear and natural rock pools sit near native vegetation.

In June 2008 the Diário Catarinense reported that the morro do Gravatá, the hill where the beach lies, risked becoming a large real-estate and tourism development. On 20 May 2008 a proposal was presented at a public hearing at the Sociedade Amigos da Lagoa to turn the area into an Área de Preservação Permanente, which would rule out construction. By vote of those present, the proposal was attached to the municipality's Plano Diretor Participativo as a demand.

The name Gravatá refers to the surrounding hill, the morro do Gravatá, which the beach sits beneath. In June 2008 the Diário Catarinense reported that this hill risked becoming a large real-estate and tourism development. At a public hearing held on 20 May 2008 at the Sociedade Amigos da Lagoa, a proposal was presented to make the area a permanent preservation area, and by the vote of those present it was attached to the municipality's participatory master plan as a demand.

Access is via a walking trail of about 1,250 meters from Avenida das Rendeiras. Parking and restaurants can be found near the trailhead for visitors.

The beach lies south of a rocky point also called Gravatá, and the hill above it was the subject of a May 2008 public hearing at the Sociedade Amigos da Lagoa, where a proposal to make the area a permanent preservation zone was put forward and attached to the city's participatory master plan.