 Barequeçaba combines both a permanent population, and a floating tourist population that increase during the summer.The permanent population, with a large percentage of retired and elderly people ensures a range of services available on the beach during all the year, like restaurants, stores and small marinas with boats to Ilhabela.The depth of the water at Barequeçaba drops very slowly and the waves are most of the time very weak, which makes the beach very popular among bathers and families with little children.