Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
Cacimba do Padre
Intermediate
Beach break
Sand bottom
Peels both
0.8–3 m
Any tide
A national-marine-park island with Brazil's best waves: Cacimba's punchy beachbreak peaks and the neighbouring right point of Praia do Boldró in a postcard bay. December-to-February swells deliver warm, powerful surf in absurdly clear water — with a park fee and strict visitor caps.
Hazards
RipSharksRemote
Conditions
- Best swell
- N, NNE, NE
- Best wind
- E, SE
- Season
- Dec, Jan, Feb
- Wave size
- 0.8–3 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- -3.8560, -32.4060
Facilities
ParkingToiletsCafeSurf School