Arpoador Surf Forecast

/ Rio de Janeiro (47 surf breaks) /

Brazil (447 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (22.99° S 43.20° W)

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Arpoador surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 16 Aug 2025 -03

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

Today's Arpoador sea temperature is 21.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arpoador today?

The current surf forecast for Arpoador at 4PM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Aug)	7ft (2.1m)	15s
Evening (16 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s

Table - waves today at Arpoador. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly 12 Days

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	Saturday 16				Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2214	2052	1932	1710	1504	1322	1070	921	893	760	725	526	515	436	422	403	328	409	265	262	214	215	175	229
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:16PM 0.73		7:41PM 0.74					9:14AM 0.79	1:09PM 0.84		8:30PM 0.67						2:11PM 0.93			11:02PM 0.68
Low Tide / height (m)	10:59AM 0.72		4:50PM 0.62				4:40AM 0.42		10:03AM 0.79		5:57PM 0.56				5:42AM 0.27					6:41PM 0.51				6:28AM 0.14

	Saturday 16				Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	18	21	21	20	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19
Feels °C (?)	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	18	20	20	19	18	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rio de Janeiro

Wind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at Praia da Macumba (light winds from the SE at Jacarepagua Airport 13 km from Praia da Macumba). 2.2m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.7m 4s local chop from the ESE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 52 minutes ago Praia da Macumba

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1 h 52 min ago

22 km/h

Cross-Shore

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