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Ponta do Cepílio, Brazil

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Trindade, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Otávio Nogueira from Fortaleza, BR, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Ponta do Cepílio

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (156°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (336°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 12). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 22°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 4 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Trindade, 1.6 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), direct.

    See flights ORD → GRU · Skyscanner from about £500 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 3 h 25 from the airport to Ponta do Cepílio.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in TrindadeAd

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

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

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Trindade · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Trindade · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct464 ft8 shollow250kJ22°C
Mon 19Oct245 ft8 shollow317kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct565 ft7 shollow199kJ21°C
Wed 21Oct564 ft8 shollow177kJ22°C
Thu 22Oct544 ft8 shollow171kJ22°C
Fri 23Oct583 ft8 shollow150kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct373 ft7 shollow68kJ26°C
Sun 25Oct544 ft6 shollow120kJ25°C
Mon 26Oct393 ft6 shollow67kJ24°C
Tue 27Oct07 ft11 shollow1,086kJ21°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to GRU, then 3h 25 by road. About 18h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Brava do Camburi

    Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Ponta do Cepílio

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Laranjeiras

    Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Laranjeiras

    Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Laranjeiras

    Best 06:00 to 09:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to GRU, then 3h 25 by road. About 18h 50 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Trindade each day: Brava do Camburi, Laranjeiras, Ponta do Cepílio.

The trip from Trindade, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £880–£1,690 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to GRU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£500–£1,035
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£50–£85
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£120–£195
Food7 days eating out£120–£220
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£55–£90
Total£880–£1,690

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Trindade

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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