Canal Surf Break

Lat Long: 22.94° S 42.49° W

Canal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Canal sea temperature is
24.7°C
2.1° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Canal at 10PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (22 Oct)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 20°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
12
1.3
SSE
12
1.3
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
11
1.1
SSE
11
1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
296
296
306
312
429
422
380
313
313
256
198
190
173
137
135
132
100
96
94
94
Wind (km/h)
25
E
30
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
0
SSE
5
NNW
10
S
15
SW
15
W
10
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
off
High Tide
12:48PM1.00m
00:32AM0.99m
1:15PM1.02m
1:07AM1.06m
1:40PM1.02m
Low Tide
6:23PM0.27m
6:41AM0.05m
7:00PM0.19m
7:23AM0.03m
7:37PM0.13m
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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5:11
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5:09
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5:57
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5:57
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5:58
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 mm
1
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Temp °C
20
20
21
20
20
20
20
21
22
23
23
22
22
22
22
25
26
26
24
23
Feels °C
18
17
19
18
19
19
21
23
25
25
25
23
24
25
25
28
28
27
25
25
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