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Starting from Vila dos Remedios, the main village, you can check many of the spots from different ?mirantes?, (viewpoints).
The most consistent spot is Cacimba do Padre in the south, a heavy shore-break that favours rights (like most of the beach breaks on the island). The swell can be doubled in size here and reach heights of 12ft offering huge, cavernous barrels before closing out on the fine-sand beach. With enough swell, it starts breaking outside and rolls through to the inside. At the W end of the beach are the ?Dois Irmãoes?, two impressive rock formations.
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This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
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