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Camboinhas in Rio de Janeiro is an exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Offshore winds blow from the northeast with some shelter here from east winds. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the southwest. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded

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Overall Camboinhas Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Camboinhas:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Itaipu	1 mi
Second closest break	Piratininga	1 mi
Third closest break	Itacoatiara	3 mi
Fourth closest break	Itapuca	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Lage	7 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Camboinhas:
Closest wave buoy	Brazil Buoy	722 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Middle Atlantic Buoy	2574 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Atlantic Buoy	2662 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	2733 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	3047 mi
Tide stations nearest to Camboinhas:
Closest tide station	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11 mi
Second closest tide station	Itacurussa, Brazil	55 mi
Third closest tide station	Cabo Frio, Brazil	63 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Armacao dos Buzios, Brazil	76 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Angra dos Reis, Brazil	81 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Camboinhas:
Closest ski area	Chacaltaya (Bolivia)	1691 mi
Second closest ski area	Vallecitos (Argentina)	1751 mi
Third closest ski area	Los Penitentes (Argentina)	1766 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Los Puquios (Argentina)	1769 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Portillo (Chile)	1783 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Camboinhas:
Closest city location	Niteroi (Brazil)	7 mi
Second closest city location	Santos Dumont Airport (Brazil)	9 mi
Third closest city location	Sao Goncalo (Brazil)	12 mi
Fourth closest city location	Marica (Brazil)	15 mi
Fifth closest city location	Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)	16 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Camboinhas is Santos Dumont (Rio De Janeiro) Airport (SDU) in Brazil, 14 km (9 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Camboinhas is Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim (Rio De Janeiro) Airport (GIG), also in Brazil, 28 km (17 miles) away.
• Third is Santa Cruz (Rio De Janeiro) Airport (STU) in Brazil, 69 km (43 miles) away.
• Francisco De Assis (Juiz De Fora) Airport (JDF) in Brazil is 137 km (85 miles) away.
• Bartolomeu Lisandro (Campos) Airport (CAW), also in Brazil is the fifth nearest airport to Camboinhas and is 229 km (142 miles) away.