Surf season
When to surf Cacimba do Padre
Pernambuco, Brazil
A hollow beach break.
Mar
Best months
When it is most consistent
5 ft
Typical face
Median day in season
81%
Surfable days
In season
FEN
Nearest airport
Where we price the trip from
Month by month
Median conditions per calendar month, from years of hindcast at this break. The bar is how good the month is relative to this spot's own best month, so a fickle beach break is measured against itself and not against Pipeline.
| Month | Relative quality | Typical face | Surfable days | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 ft | 78% | Shoulder | |
| Feb | 4 ft | 63% | Shoulder | |
| Mar | 5 ft | 81% | Peak | |
| Apr | 3 ft | 53% | Shoulder | |
| May | 1 ft | 9% | Off season | |
| Jun | 1 ft | 1% | Off season | |
| Jul | 1 ft | 0% | Off season | |
| Aug | 1 ft | 0% | Off season | |
| Sep | 1 ft | 6% | Off season | |
| Oct | 1 ft | 6% | Off season | |
| Nov | 4 ft | 49% | Shoulder | |
| Dec | 4 ft | 52% | Shoulder |
What it is like
- What makes it work
- Noronha's Brazilian Pipeline under Dois Irmãos; Dec-Mar N-swell barrels, SE trades blow offshore all day.
- Sweet spot
- 6 ft faces
- Tide
- Best on a mid tide
- Nearest airport
- FEN
Getting there
We watch fares to FEN from the airports our readers fly from, and flag the weeks a cheap one lines up with real swell here.
Other breaks in Brazil
We watch Cacimba do Padre so you do not have to
BarrelFare checks the surf forecast and live airfare together, and tells you when a cheap flight lands on a good swell here.
Get the appMonths above are medians from years of hindcast, not a forecast. A median tells you when to plan a trip. It does not promise waves on a given day.