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Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 11 Feb 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
27.5° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 2PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
E
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111313121212121111111111101012121111115111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)238238209209446423347284209160151114825452464643404043232323
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
0.64
12:26AM
0.82
11:58AM
0.71
1:07AM
0.90
12:41PM
0.79
1:42AM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
0.53
4:34PM
0.32
5:41AM
0.48
5:42PM
0.24
6:33AM
0.41
6:34PM
0.15
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise5:35-------5:35-------5:37-------
Sunset----6:31-------6:30-------6:30---
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242527282726252524252929262423232325293027252423
Feels °C (?)262730313028272725273229252424242426303028262524
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