Canal Surf Forecast

/ Rio de Janeiro (47 surf breaks) /

Brazil (447 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 -03

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 22.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 6AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	5s
Evening (19 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	7s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	10	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	270	216	196	164	160	149	523	393	337	198	181	152	146	117	248	263	146	168	119	102	190	195	346	356
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ESE	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	E	E	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:48AM 0.93				1:52PM 1.01				1:19AM 1.01				2:12PM 1.02				1:49AM 1.07				2:31PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)				7:04AM 0.04				7:23PM 0.31				7:40AM 0.01				7:53PM 0.25				8:14AM 0.01				8:22PM 0.20

	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	23	27	26	23	21	21	21	20	26	29	26	25	23	21	21	21	28	32	30	29	25
Feels °C (?)	21	20	19	23	24	21	18	17	18	19	19	26	29	25	24	22	21	21	21	27	31	29	26	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rio de Janeiro

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Canal (calm at Nova Friburgo (86889 -0) 70 km from Canal). 1.0m 11s groundswell from the SSE with a 0.5m 7s swell from the E and a 0.2m 5s windswell from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 11 minutes ago Canal

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