Local legend
Santa Bárbara, Azores
Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal37.819, -25.544Beach break · faces NNW (344°)
Spot guide
Santa Bárbara, Azores is an NNW-facing beach break in Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. It picks up swell from NW to E, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 42% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the SSE: light winds or SSE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while NNW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- NNW (344°)
- Best swell
- WNW to NNE (290°–30°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- ESE to SSW offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–10 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- NW to E (308.5° to 79.5°)
- Offshore wind
- SSE
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet