Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 -03
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Canal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Canal sea temperature is
25.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 2AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSW
0.9
S
1.2
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)10109999109999109109999998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1029610110388881108855545492126241328249249227222168160157131122
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
W
15
W
20
W
30
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
1.13
3:09AM
0.91
3:59PM
1.08
3:32AM
0.87
4:45PM
0.99
3:58AM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:53PM
0.19
9:51AM
0.05
10:37PM
0.31
10:33AM
0.07
11:24PM
0.43
11:22AM
0.11
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:03-------6:05--
Sunset-------5:32-------5:31-------5:30
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242423242324252524232221212223242322212121222323
Feels °C (?)262626262324242525242322222222232322212222222322
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