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Barra da Tijuca surf break

Barra da Tijuca surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 29 Jan 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
27.6° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Barra da Tijuca today?

The current surf forecast for Barra da Tijuca at 7AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)666667777777777131212111111101016
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1274242292241272743443626241616292644403837343252
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
E
5
E
5
SSE
5
W
5
NW
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
ESE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off		glassoffglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
0.67
1:59AM
0.99
1:15PM
0.75
2:37AM
1.04
1:44PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
0.43
6:30PM
0.14
7:39AM
0.40
7:24PM
0.04
8:16AM
0.38
8:10PM
-0.04
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise--5:30-------5:31-------5:31-----
Sunset------6:40-------6:40-------6:40-
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----1-------235-1---211
Temp. °C252423272928272625242425262624232323232628262624
Feels °C (?)292725303130303029282829293028272626262930283027
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