In the Tupi indian language Cumuruxatiba means: a place where thare is a big difference between high and low tides.This small fishing place for the Tupiniquin and Tapuia tribes who also lived at the Estuary of the River Doce at Camamu (Brian pensa nao verdade) where Espirito santo meets Bahia.
This bathing place of flat beaches,with calm clean water is just being discovered by brazilian and foreign tourists who enjoy and are enchanted by this paradise.