Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Saturday 04 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
27.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 3PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1
E
1.1
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)88888878881414131312121211151514131412
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5862656363124134574241666259575149464174109181181350361
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NE
5
SE
10
SE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
0
NNW
5
N
0
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
0.96
3:41PM
1.04
3:30AM
0.93
4:13PM
0.98
3:53AM
0.89
4:47PM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:38AM
0.09
10:06PM
0.25
10:10AM
0.10
10:40PM
0.33
10:45AM
0.14
11:19PM
0.41
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise5:58-------5:58-------5:58-------
Sunset---5:45-------5:45-------5:45----
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C242628282726252424252626252524242425262625242323
Feels °C (?)262931313030292828292828282827272829292827262525
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