Surf-Forecast | Araruna Surf Guide

Lat Long: 0.69° S 48.48° W

Issued: 8 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Araruna sea temperature is

28.9°C

Araruna surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Araruna Surf Guide

Araruna in Maranhão is a sheltered sandbar break that has inconsistent surf. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. Ideal winds are from the west southwest. Usually gets local windswells, but groundswells do happen and the best wave direction is from the north northeast. Waves at the sandbar break both left and right. An uncrowded break, even when it is working. Dangerous rips are a hazard of surfing here.

Araruna Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar	2	inconsistent	28.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Araruna:

The best conditions reported for surf at Araruna occur when a North-northeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West-southwest.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

What's the best time of year to surf Araruna (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Araruna with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 0% of the time in January while 1% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 99% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

99%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Araruna Location Map

Interactive Araruna surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
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Wind Speed (km/h)

Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Araruna Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 4 November 2026, 00:10 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 04
ft, °F	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Wave (m)	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Period (s)	2	2	2	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	on	on

Tides at Araruna

Current tide and informaton

For Soure, 5 km from Araruna.

Next High Water: 05:19am | 3.15m

Next Low Water: 12:21pm | 0.75m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Araruna Sea Temperature

Sunny with very warm air temperatures, feeling like 29.0 °C once we account for any wind. Sea temperatures (28.9 °C) very warm too. Staying comfortable in the water at Araruna won't be a problem, but wear at least a rash-vest to keep the UV off.

Today, many surfers would wear a rashvest wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 28.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite