Balneário Gaivota Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Balneário Gaivota, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Qibla Details for Balneário Gaivota
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Balneário Gaivota?
The Qibla direction from Balneário Gaivota, Santa Catarina, Brazil is 70.8° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Balneário Gaivota should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Balneário Gaivota from Mecca?
The distance from Balneário Gaivota to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 11,107 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Balneário Gaivota?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Balneário Gaivota, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Balneário Gaivota?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Balneário Gaivota is 70.8° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 59.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.8°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Balneário Gaivota
The Qibla direction from Balneário Gaivota, Santa Catarina, Brazil is 70.8° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 11,107 km (6,902 miles) away. Geographically, Balneário Gaivota sits to the west-southwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Balneário Gaivota, this means facing east-northeast (70.8°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Balneário Gaivota
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (70.8°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 59.6° from Balneário Gaivota. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.8°.
Using a compass in Balneário Gaivota
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Balneário Gaivota. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 70.8° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.