Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 30 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 2PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)121212111111111110101010108881010999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152150140133128126939086825856569250105161181170183152109126120
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
0
SW
10
S
15
SSE
5
SE
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassononglassglasscross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
0.99
2:00AM
1.01
1:39PM
1.06
2:19AM
1.01
2:09PM
1.10
2:36AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:08AM
0.33
7:25PM
0.04
7:39AM
0.26
8:00PM
0.03
8:09AM
0.19
8:33PM
0.06
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise5:56-------5:56-------5:56-------
Sunset---5:51-------5:50-------5:49----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------251----------
Temp. °C222425252424232222232525242423232325282926252423
Feels °C (?)242827262728262525262726252725232325292925252424
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