Barra da Tijuca Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.02° S 43.32° W

Barra da Tijuca 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Barra da Tijuca sea temperature is
24.5°C
1.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Barra da Tijuca today (31 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Barra da Tijuca at 7PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)--
Afternoon (31 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (31 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

Table - waves today at Barra da Tijuca. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Mon morning, min 21°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
S
11
0.9
SSE
11
0.6
S
11
0.8
SSE
7
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.9
SE
6
1
ESE
6
1.2
ESE
6
1.8
E
6
1.6
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.4
ESE
7
1.1
ESE
7
1.1
SE
7
1.2
ESE
7
1.2
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
191
194
83
61
74
48
47
47
46
56
63
96
272
240
218
197
108
109
127
127
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
10
S
5
SE
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
15
WSW
5
NW
10
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:36PM0.75m
10:26AM0.77m
5:27PM0.70m
11:23AM0.82m
7:24PM0.66m
Low Tide
1:00PM0.60m
1:08AM0.22m
2:26PM0.63m
2:38AM0.25m
3:51PM0.59m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
—
5:07
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:07
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
6:05
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:05
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:06
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
3
1
—
Temp °C
23
23
23
22
22
21
21
23
25
24
23
22
22
21
22
25
27
23
23
23
Feels °C
23
24
25
24
24
23
23
24
26
24
24
23
24
23
24
28
30
25
26
25
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Barra da Tijuca surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest