Barra da Tijuca surf break

Barra da Tijuca surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 06 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 7AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
4
3
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.6
SSE
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)121212111515141412141416161514141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2726252239671291752956877219771092846994672617511495411335330251190
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
WNW
10
S
10
S
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
ESE
10
E
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
0.88
4:37PM
0.90
4:09AM
0.84
5:12PM
0.82
4:38AM
0.78
6:00PM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
0.31
10:34AM
0.12
11:05PM
0.39
11:12AM
0.18
11:51PM
0.47
12:07PM
0.25
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---6:01-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset-----5:47-------5:46-------5:45--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C242423252625252524242325272726252524242731302827
Feels °C (?)272726292827292927282628292828272826262833323030
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