Bambul Surf Forecast

/ Rio de Janeiro (47 surf breaks) /

Brazil (447 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (22.96° S 42.81° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Bambul surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 -03

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

Today's Bambul sea temperature is 21.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bambul today?

The current surf forecast for Bambul at 9PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Evening (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s

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

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	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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)	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	479	398	379	367	282	325	314	248	248	204	204	204	218	234	176	143	115	63	35	47	32	32	33	32
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	SW	S	SE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	ENE	SE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:37PM 0.93			11:44PM 0.83					1:17PM 0.95				12:33AM 0.91				1:51PM 0.97				1:13AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)			5:20PM 0.43				5:42AM 0.06					6:08PM 0.37				6:32AM 0.03				6:51PM 0.31				7:17AM 0.01

	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	21	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	23	28	28	26	22	21	21	21	25
Feels °C (?)	19	19	20	20	19	20	19	22	21	20	19	21	21	21	20	24	27	26	22	19	20	21	21	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rio de Janeiro

Wind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Recreio (light winds from the W.(Wind varies from 260 to 320 degs) at Jacarepagua Airport 11 km from Recreio). 1.2m 13s groundswell from the SE with a 1.2m 5s windswell from the SW and a 0.8m 8s swell from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 53 minutes ago Recreio

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37 km away, 1 h 53 min ago

20 km/h

WSW

0.0

21.6

Air / Water (°C)

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