Canal Surf Break

Lat Long: 22.94° S 42.49° W

Canal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 31 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Canal sea temperature is
22.4° C
0.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Canal today (31 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Canal at 7PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm July 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)--
Afternoon (31 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (31 Jul)2ft (0.6m)13s

Table - waves today at Canal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sat night, light winds from the NNE by Mon morning).

Fri
31
Saturday
1
Sunday
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)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
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)
0.8
SSW
9
0.9
SSW
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
13
0.7
S
13
0.7
S
12
1
S
12
1.1
S
12
1
S
12
1
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
10
1.1
E
6
1
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.3
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
108
154
90
125
163
151
290
336
271
248
188
184
146
141
82
77
104
89
128
153
Wind (km/h)
15
E
25
ESE
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
35
E
30
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:02PM1.01m
3:35AM1.06m
4:28PM0.98m
4:09AM1.05m
4:57PM0.95m
Low Tide
9:50AM-0.02m
10:06PM0.27m
10:29AM0.01m
10:43PM0.28m
11:09AM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:28
5:28
5:28
 mm
Temp °C
23
22
21
20
19
18
18
19
23
22
20
19
18
17
17
19
25
27
23
20
Feels °C
22
20
19
18
17
16
16
17
19
17
15
14
14
15
15
17
24
24
21
17
  • 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 Canal 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