Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and surge pounding.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →
The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
Our own model
Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
Safety gates
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Leave your email — and the moment a window opens at Cabedelo, we'll send the go / no-go verdict. Email is all we need.
Every covered town has its own live forecast, cameras and entry points. Choose where you're diving.
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Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.
Now live: 1391 spots across 205 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
Open the seafloor map1899 wreck, 7–13 m, 3.5 nm off Praia do Bessa, by boat; inside the Naufrágio Queimado APA, created in 2018 and still without a management plan — the source records a ban on taking while recreational diving, but the status of spearfishing is NOT defined. Check with the managing agency first.
Google MapsWreck at 18–20 m, 6 nm off Ponta do Bessa, by boat; inside the Naufrágio Queimado APA — taking banned, zoning unfinished.
Google MapsCameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
SpainThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the appThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the appReefs and sandbank, 6–15 m, shore; away from the port channel. Coords approx.
Google MapsThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the appSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Rules change and vary by state. Before heading out, check on gov.br (recreational licence, MPA) and the state closed seasons/sizes; apnea only, goliath grouper is banned.
Cabedelo has rock entry points such as Praia do Poço / Areia Vermelha, Naufrágio Alice and Naufrágio Alvarenga. Cabedelo, north of João Pessoa, is famous for the Areia Vermelha sandbank (which surfaces at spring low tide) and for offshore reefs and wrecks, 6–15 m, warm water 27–29 °C. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.
Best in the drier season (Sep–Mar); the Coral Coast's reef pools clear on calm, low-swell days.
Warm, ~26–28 °C — rashguard or 1.5 mm. Clear coral shelves; much of this coast is a protected APA with rules.
Beginner-friendly shallow reef, but heavily protected — check the APA Costa dos Corais no-take zones before you dive.
Yes — in Cabedelo you need the Licença de Pesca Amadora (gov.br portal; the category follows boat use, per the MPA: «desembarcada» R$ 20/yr when you enter from shore, «embarcada» R$ 60/yr with a boat — Portaria 616/2022 itself sets no categories; 65+/pensioners exempt). Breath-hold only (no scuba tank — art. 4º §3º), licence on you (art. 17); take home at most 15 kg + 1 fish and never filleted or headless (arts. 8º and 12); don't sell the catch (art. 6º). A marker buoy is mandatory in Santa Catarina (IN MMA 21/2005, art. 5º) — there is no federal buoy rule. Goliath grouper (mero) is full no-take, dusky grouper has a 1 Nov–28 Feb closed season, badejo-mira and peroá close on 25/10/2026 (Portaria GM/MMA 1.666/2026, art. 12) and taking lobster while diving is banned all year (Portaria SAP/MAPA 221/2021, art. 6º III). See the guide.
transparency ~8 m · satellite, yesterdaysatellite estimate · may differ right at the shore
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