Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Friday 27 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
27.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 2AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
S
0.6
E
0.5
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)881289111177131012131314141313121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6558444344858355545351861259210093139135121117152150106133
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
15
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:45AM
0.94
11:57AM
0.79
1:15AM
0.97
12:34PM
0.90
1:40AM
1.00
1:08PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58PM
0.20
6:00AM
0.49
5:59PM
0.13
6:36AM
0.41
6:46PM
0.07
7:08AM
0.33
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----5:56-------5:56-------5:56---
Sunset-------5:52-------5:52-------5:51
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252423232224262625242322222426262524232222242626
Feels °C (?)262625252426272627262524252728272727262525272827
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