Barra da Tijuca surf break

Barra da Tijuca surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 -03
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Barra da Tijuca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barra da Tijuca sea temperature is
24.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Barra da Tijuca today?

The current surf forecast for Barra da Tijuca at 1PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
2
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)121313131213121414141313131313131313141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146161163158146331513894114212611266109410941215127514121266158416571509132711621011860
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
0
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SW
10
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
S
0
SW
0
NW
0
NNW
0
E
5
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
0.72
10:35PM
0.70
6:16AM
0.65
11:36PM
0.78
10:59AM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31PM
0.31
2:49AM
0.56
3:09PM
0.31
4:22AM
0.51
4:31PM
0.25
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:03-------6:03-------6:03------
Sunset---5:45-------5:44-------5:43----
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1--1121-11--231-11-----
Temp. °C262727272624222223232324242221202021212222222221
Feels °C (?)292928282826262527262424252423232324242424242423
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