Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Tuesday 15 Jul 2025 -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
21.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 8PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)--
Afternoon (15 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (15 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)8877777777716161515141413121267777777776668888888799888877107101099914141212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5773746053555554474750517967938611712411195113998988726058657066839486157168147154158133139130208192174160147139117107103841118610010887114134162155
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
E
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
ENE
5
SE
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
E
20
E
20
E
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
0.89
5:36AM
0.95
6:47PM
0.83
6:34AM
0.89
7:39PM
0.76
7:57AM
0.83
8:53PM
0.71
10:34AM
0.83
10:35PM
0.70
12:10PM
0.90
11:42PM
0.72
1:10PM
0.97
12:27AM
0.76
1:57PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
0.09
12:27AM
0.39
1:00PM
0.18
1:22AM
0.40
2:02PM
0.27
2:26AM
0.39
3:15PM
0.35
3:35AM
0.34
4:34PM
0.40
4:45AM
0.27
5:49PM
0.41
5:48AM
0.18
6:49PM
0.40
6:43AM
0.08
7:36PM
0.39
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise-------6:30-------6:30-------6:28-------6:28-------6:28-------6:28-------6:28----
Sunset-5:21-------5:21-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:23--
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Rain (mm)
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rio de Janeiro

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Canal (light winds from the SW.(Wind varies from 190 to 250 degs) at Aeroporto São Pedro da Aldeia Airport 42 km from Canal). 0.6m 7s swell from the ESE with a 0.6m 7s swell from the ESE and a 0.3m 6s windswell from the SSE as well as a 0.3m 3s local chop from the SW and a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell from the S. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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42 km away, 3 h 8 min ago

15 km/h
SW
20.0
21.2
Air / Water (°C)
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