Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Canal today (17 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Canal at 5AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (-03) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (17 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 9s |
| Evening (17 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Canal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 23°C on Fri night, min 20°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Fri 16 | Saturday 17 | Sunday 18 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  | |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SW 8 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 224 | 192 | 211 | 171 | 205 | 255 | 287 | 210 | 184 | 142 | 142 | 149 | 105 | 163 | 204 | 173 | 491 | 662 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | on | on |
High Tide | 4:34PM0.80m | 6:18AM0.75m | 5:19PM0.74m | 9:54AM0.74m | 6:37PM0.68m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:11AM0.26m | 1:04PM0.55m | 1:30AM0.31m | 2:35PM0.55m | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Temp °C | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
Feels °C | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SW 8 | SSW 8 | SE 10 | SSW 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | 224 | 192 | 211 | 171 | 205 | 255 | 287 | 210 | 184 | 142 | 142 | 149 | 82 | 103 | 204 | 143 | 491 | 662 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 7 | SSE 11 | E 7 | S 16 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SE 8 | SE 11 | SSW 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 60 | 82 | 105 | 163 | 109 | 173 | 147 | 123 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | — | — | SSE 11 | E 7 | — | S 16 | S 16 | SE 15 | SW 8 | SSE 10 | SSE 14 | SSE 11 | ESE 8 | SSE 13 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 |
| kJ | 6 | — | — | 24 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 78 | 41 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 27 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SSW 2 | S 4 | S 4 | — | — | SSW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 19 | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 65 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 54 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 189 | 46 | 65 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Canal surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest