Praia da Ponta Negra 20150814-DSC05653 — Ponta negra. Photo: Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Tabatinga

Tabatinga is a town in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. From Tabatinga you can reach 4 surf spots, 2 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Tabatinga, a surf spot 2.4 km from the centre. Overture lists 9 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is NAT, 43 km away.

Pick your dates and start point to see a trip here scored, planned and costed: plan a surf trip to Brazil.

Staying in Tabatinga

9 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: NAT, 43 km, JPA, 122 km, CPV, 161 km

Stay in TabatingaAd

Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

See all places to stay on Booking.com →

Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Tabatinga. Spots further out are listed below.

The map needs JavaScript. Every place on it is listed on this page, and each place's page links to Google Maps.

One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Tabatinga too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

Sun 18

Mon 19

Tue 20

Wed 21

Thu 22

Fri 23

Sat 24

Madeiro19.8 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Pipa, 2 kmIntermediate and up

2 ft16 kJ

2 ft14 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft17 kJ

3 ft35 kJ

2 ft30 kJ

2 ft33 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Madeiro, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	17, too small	2 ft5 smushy	16kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 7 knots	30°C
Mon 19Oct	13, too small	2 ft5 smushy	14kJ	wind from the east, 9 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	15, too small	2 ft5 smushy	17kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	3 ft5 smushy	35kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	29°C
Fri 23Oct	15, too small	2 ft6 smushy	30kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	16, too small	2 ft6 smushy	33kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots	29°C

Tabatinga2.4 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft31 kJ

3 ft27 kJ

3 ft36 kJ

2 ft29 kJ

3 ft63 kJ

3 ft49 kJ

3 ft65 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Tabatinga, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	25, too small	3 ft5 smushy	31kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	19, too small	3 ft5 smushy	27kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	13, too small	3 ft5 smushy	36kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	8, too small	2 ft5 smushy	29kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	13, poor	3 ft6 smushy	63kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	3 ft6 smushy	49kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	20, poor	3 ft6 smushy	65kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	27°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Tabatinga, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

These spots are more than 20 km from Tabatinga. It is the nearest town with beds, so they stay here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

Sun 18

Mon 19

Tue 20

Wed 21

Thu 22

Fri 23

Sat 24

Genipabu41.7 kmabout 1h 15 by carIntermediate and up

3 ft27 kJ

2 ft22 kJ

2 ft23 kJ

2 ft27 kJ

3 ft49 kJ

3 ft45 kJ

3 ft50 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Genipabu, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	24, too small	3 ft5 smushy	27kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	30°C
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	2 ft5 smushy	22kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	30°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	2 ft5 smushy	23kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 11 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	9, too small	2 ft5 smushy	27kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots	30°C
Thu 22Oct	13, too small	3 ft6 smushy	49kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	29°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	3 ft6 smushy	45kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	17, poor	3 ft6 smushy	50kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	29°C

Ponta negra20.8 kmabout 40 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft39 kJ

3 ft31 kJ

3 ft44 kJ

3 ft35 kJ

3 ft72 kJ

3 ft61 kJ