According to the company, the project is a documentary series “about the incredible story that inspired ‘Rabo de Peixe’”, in reference to the event that occurred in 2001, when a sailboat sank with around half a ton of cocaine on board, with much of the drug washing ashore near Rabo de Peixe, on the island of São Miguel, Azores.

From these facts, a series was constructed about four friends who, in possession of several kilos of drugs, aim to change their lives, and about a police investigation surrounding the wreck.

The documentary series, announced on social media, is a production by Portocabo Atlântico, linked to the Spanish production company Portocabo, directed by João Marques and creatively supervised by Augusto Fraga.

Last week, Netflix revealed that filming of the second season of the Portuguese series “Rabo de Peixe”, by Augusto Fraga, had been completed, and that there will be a third season, which has also already been filmed.


“Rabo de Peixe”, which premiered in May 2023, is a production by Ukbar Filmes with Netflix, based on an idea by Augusto Fraga, which was co-directed by Patrícia Sequeira and João Maia, and co-written the script with Hugo Gonçalves and Tiago R. Santos.

In the series, shot mainly in the Azores, the four friends who find the wrecked drug are played by actors José Condessa, Helena Caldeira, Rodrigo Tomás and André Leitão.

"Rabo de Peixe" is the second Portuguese fiction series produced for Netflix, after “Glória” (2021), by Pedro Lopes, directed by Tiago Guedes, with production by SPI, and in the first weeks of airing, it was in the top ' global list of the most watched series in non-English languages.

A year ago, in October 2023, the city of Ribeira Grande decided to launch a tourist itinerary identifying the main filming locations for “Rabo de Peixe”, as a way of boosting the local economy.