Abstract
The interactions between waves and tides induced processes and sediment dynamics have been studied worldwide, especially at the Indo-Pacific atolls. However, at Rocas Atoll, the only atoll in the South Atlantic (located 145 km from the Fernando de Noronha Island and 260 km from Natal city - RN) these studies have still been limited. Futhermore, Rocas Atoll houses, since 1993, one of the f…