Praia Grande rating

Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Difficulty when good: 1.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Warning issued Sunday March 14th 10:45am Brisbane Time: Cyclone Tomas will soon affect Fiji and winds will intensify to 140 km/h in the next 24 hours. Another Cyclone, Ului, is likely to become much more significant as it develops to perhaps category 5 over the warm waters of the Coral Sea this week. Expect building surf to affect The Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Queensland (especially the Great Barrier Reef). Storm swell reaching the the coast of northern New South Wales by Friday. View the animated swell maps
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Praia Grande, Brazil 6 Day Surf / Weather Forecast

Issued (local time): 20 pm Sunday 14 Mar 2010
  Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Mon night Very warm air temperatures (max 31°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Tue night) Wind will be generally light Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Thu morning, min 23°C on Fri night) Wind will be generally light
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.4
SSW 		0.6
SSW 		0.7
SSW 		0.9
SSW 		0.6
SSW 		0.9
SSW 		1.4
SSW 		1.9
SSW 		2.5
SSW 		2.5
S 		2.3
SSW 		2.1
SSW 		1.8
SSW 		2.1
S 		1.8
S 		1.5
S 		1.5
S 		1.4
SSE
Period (s) (?) 8 9 9 10 12 11 14 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 11 11 10
Wave
Graph
(?) 		Praiagrande_rio
Max-energy 28 65 70 167 104 170 711 1157 1754 2154 1420 1131 759 1126 895 553 525 356
Wind
(km/h) 		15 NNW 10 N 5 ESE 5 SSE 5 SE 10 ESE 15 SE 15 ESE 10 SE 10 ESE 15 SE 10 SSE 5 SSW 15 SW 15 S 5 WSW 10 WSW 10 SSE
Wind State (?) cross cross cross-
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off		 cross glass on cross-
on		 on on cross
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Praia Grande blow from the ENE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Swell1 (m) & direction -
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- 		0.7
SSW 		0.9
SSW 		0.6
SSW 		0.9
SSW 		1.4
SSW 		1.9
SSW 		2.5
SSW 		2.5
S 		2.3
SSW 		2.1
SSW 		1.8
SSW 		2.1
S 		1.8
S 		1.5
S 		1.5
S 		1.4
SSE
Period (s) - - 9 10 12 11 14 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 11 11 10
Swell2 (m) & direction 0.4
SSW 		0.6
SSW 		-
- 		-
- 		0.6
SSW 		-
- 		0.2
E 		1.1
SSE 		-
- 		0.4
E 		1.3
SE 		1.3
SE 		1.3
SE 		1.4
SE 		0.9
ESE 		1.0
SE 		0.2
S 		0.3
S
Period (s) 8 9 - - 9 - 8 6 - 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 14 13
Wind waves (m) & direction -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		0.4
ESE 		1.7
SSE 		1.5
SE 		1.7
ESE 		1.6
SE 		1.6
SE 		1.6
SE 		1.5
ESE 		1.3
SE 		-
- 		1.0
ESE 		-
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Period (s) - - - - - - 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 - 6 -
Wave
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High Tide
/ height (m) 		2:27AM
1.07
2:31PM
1.17 		2:57AM
1.10
3:05PM
1.21
3:25AM
1.10 		3:37PM
1.21
3:52AM
1.07 		4:10PM
1.18
4:21AM
1.01 		4:47PM
1.11
4:53AM
0.92 		5:40PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
0.15
9:24PM
0.03 		9:29AM
0.15
9:49PM
0.08 		9:49AM
0.16
10:12PM
0.16 		10:02AM
0.19
10:31PM
0.27 		10:09AM
0.23
10:44PM
0.39 		10:17AM
0.28
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Note: the tide data above is for Cabo Frio, Brazil which is 4 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Praia Grande. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.
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Today's sea temperature is 27.9 °C (Statistics for 14 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 26.5 max: 27.7 min: 25.4 °C)
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Summary some clouds some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear clear clear some clouds clear
Rain (mm) - - 2 7 2 3 4 2 3 4 1 1 - - - - - -
High °C 30 31 31 27 26 26 26 26 26 25 26 26 25 26 26 25 25 26
Low °C 28 28 29 26 26 26 25 25 25 24 25 26 24 24 25 23 24 25
Chill °C (?) 30 31 31 27 26 26 26 26 26 25 26 26 25 26 26 25 25 26
Sunrise - 5:50 - - 5:50 - - 5:50 - - 5:50 - - 5:50 - - 5:50 -
Sunset - - 18:02 - - 18:01 - - 18:00 - - 18:00 - - 18:00 - - 17:59
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