Barra de Guaratiba Surf Forecast

/ Rio de Janeiro (47 surf breaks) /

Brazil (447 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (23.06° S 43.57° W)

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Barra de Guaratiba surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

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

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

Today's Barra de Guaratiba sea temperature is 22.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Barra de Guaratiba today?

The current surf forecast for Barra de Guaratiba at 6PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s
Evening (17 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

Table - waves today at Barra de Guaratiba. (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	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	SE	E	E	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	8	8	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	527	502	486	528	428	536	636	643	355	350	290	379	319	281	234	196	163	207	58	0	0	33	34	34
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	SSW	S	SE	E	NNE	N	NNE	NE	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:44PM 1.02				12:36AM 0.87				1:57PM 1.06				1:03AM 1.00				2:07PM 1.09				1:31AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)				7:09PM 0.48				7:06AM 0.10				7:39PM 0.39				7:45AM 0.03				8:07PM 0.32				8:20AM 0.00

	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	21	23	22	21	20	19	19	20	24	29	28	26	24	24	24	23	27
Feels °C (?)	21	21	20	18	19	20	19	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	24	28	26	25	26	23	23	22	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rio de Janeiro

Wind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Recreio (light winds from the SW at Jacarepagua Airport 11 km from Recreio). 1.2m 13s groundswell from the SE with a 1.0m 5s windswell from the SW and a 0.9m 8s swell from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 41 minutes ago Recreio

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23 km away, 1 h 41 min ago

19 km/h

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22.1

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