Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 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
26.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 3AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131312121212121213121213121413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1191112691578276076056354643035034428528224026022522424968013031422135916241766
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
5
NNW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
NE
5
SW
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:29PM
0.83
4:53AM
0.79
6:30PM
0.76
5:39AM
0.73
10:13PM
0.75
7:03AM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
0.48
12:28PM
0.27
1:27AM
0.54
1:50PM
0.31
3:01AM
0.54
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-----6:00-------6:00-------6:01--
Sunset-------5:43-------5:42-------5:40
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------1222--12
Temp. °C252423232326302929282726262627262524242424242525
Feels °C (?)262525252528333132302929292727262726272728272626
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