Barra da Tijuca surf break

Barra da Tijuca surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 13 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
25.1° 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 2PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (13 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111111101816161514141313131212128815151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)317311202164234220225193186159153192128841191107169646474726763
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
NE
5
E
5
N
5
N
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
W
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
Sunrise-6:05-------6:05-------6:05------
Sunset---5:40-------5:40-------5:39----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212324242323222121232424232322212022242423222221
Feels °C (?)232424242424232324252424242524232124252424252423
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