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Praia da Macumba surf break

Praia da Macumba surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 -03
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Praia da Macumba surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praia da Macumba sea temperature is
27.9° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Praia da Macumba today?

The current surf forecast for Praia da Macumba at 2AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 27). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (28 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (28 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

Table - waves today at Praia da Macumba. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
1.2
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.3
SE
0.2
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)66991199699999912127712121281413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5092282820252555257766633636512113101632
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
SSE
5
E
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
10
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		glassoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffglassoncrossglassoffcross-
off		offglasscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
0.81
12:00PM
0.61
1:17AM
0.92
12:46PM
0.67
2:02AM
1.00
1:17PM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
0.33
5:36AM
0.45
5:29PM
0.24
6:54AM
0.42
6:35PM
0.14
7:43AM
0.39
Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----5:30-------5:31-------5:31---
Sunset6:43-------6:42-------6:42-------
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1------123-------------1
Temp. °C252423232326302825232423232730282625242323252424
Feels °C (?)282726262628322928262726253033302928272525282729
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