Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
26.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 9AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (29 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)101213131414131312121212121111111111101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5186125921009313913512111715215014013312812693908682586486116
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.97
12:34PM
0.90
1:40AM
1.00
1:08PM
0.99
2:00AM
1.01
1:39PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.41
6:46PM
0.07
7:08AM
0.33
7:25PM
0.04
7:39AM
0.26
8:00PM
0.03
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise--5:56-------5:56-------5:56-----
Sunset-----5:52-------5:51-------5:50--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------------------134
Temp. °C232222242626252423222223252524242222222427272524
Feels °C (?)252425272827272726252526272727272424242528272624
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