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Cacimba do Padre

Name: Cacimba do Padre
Address: Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

Fernando de Noronha, Brazil · Beach break

Local time — · Sunrise 05:46 · Sunset 18:04

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Reading the ocean.

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Spot intelligence.

This pin describes Cacimba do Padre, not the whole Noronha island. Northern swell can produce powerful sand-bottom barrels; the advanced profile is intentionally distinct from sheltered island beaches.

Profile source · Noronha government · Cacimba do Padre

Profile sources & limits

Reviewed 18 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated

Published spot guides reviewed by SWELLRADAR, not validation against measured breaking waves. Direction axes and relative tide bands translate qualitative guidance into ranking inputs. The existing offshore-model height bands are retained, not inferred from reported wave-face heights. An offshore sample is not a takeoff or bathymetric survey. The reviewed forecast guide favours the right but does not establish a dependable tide phase. No island-wide tide assumption is used.

Noronha government · Cacimba do Padre
Beach identity and surfing context
Surf-Forecast · Cacimba do Padre guide
NNW swell, SSE offshore wind, sand peaks and rip currents

Source-informed axes

Swell axis NNW · 338°

Offshore wind from SSE · Advanced profile

Wave

Heavy sand peaks · lefts and rights

Sand

Swell window

N–NW · NNW focus

1.0–3.0 m offshore ranking band

Clean wind

S–SE · light offshore

Applied to wind scoring

Tide window

Not established · no tide bonus

No tide phase affects scoring

Field guide

Read the break.

Character · setup · local read

Character

Cacimba do Padre is defined by heavy sand peaks · lefts and rights over sand. The shape can change with swell angle, period and the active section, so the live score should always be paired with a visual check from shore.

Best setup

N–NW · NNW focus swell, s–se · light offshore and not established · no tide bonus form the profile baseline. SWELLRADAR retains 1.0–3.0 m as an offshore-model ranking band, not a measured local surf limit or a breaking-wave prediction.

Lineup read

This is an advanced profile: positioning, entry and exit should be assessed before committing. Pay particular attention to heavy shorebreak, rip currents, crowded peaks. Local signs and advice always take priority.

Know before you paddle

Live conditions and local advice always override this profile.

Heavy shorebreakRip currentsCrowded peaksFast-changing sandbanks

Optional community layerRecent surfer reportsVoluntary and potentially incomplete. Not used for the forecast or Surf Score.

The break

Beach break

Advanced. Works best with N–NW · NNW focus swell.

Timing

S–SE · light offshore

Not established · no tide bonus. Re-check local observations and the lineup before you paddle out.

Data note

Model data unavailable

SWELLRADAR withholds numerical conditions, scores and surf windows until a quality-checked marine forecast is available.