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Praia da Vila surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 -03
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Praia da Vila surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praia da Vila sea temperature is
26.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praia da Vila today?

The current surf forecast for Praia da Vila at 10PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)--
Afternoon (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (29 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.7
E
1.3
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)886777777777121211111110101615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22166471766017648154496017550726563597874100128172167220
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
30
N
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
W
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		offcrosscrossglassononglassoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27PM
0.74
1:47AM
1.03
1:04PM
0.81
2:27AM
1.07
1:35PM
0.90
3:00AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27PM
0.11
7:24AM
0.38
7:18PM
0.01
8:03AM
0.36
8:04PM
-0.06
8:36AM
0.35
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise------5:28-------5:28-------5:28-
Sunset--6:37-------6:37-------6:37-----
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-15------3991----11-----
Temp. °C282723222223232427262424232323252626262523232327
Feels °C (?)302922222425252730292626262626282728302825252531
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