Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 03 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
26.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 1PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
E
1.4
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)888887778888888888141413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2341168583160212977375626363636565584241666259575049
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SE
15
SE
10
E
15
NE
10
NNW
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
SE
10
SE
10
E
5
NE
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
0
E
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
1.08
3:11AM
0.96
3:41PM
1.04
3:30AM
0.93
4:13PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
0.10
9:35PM
0.17
9:38AM
0.09
10:06PM
0.25
10:10AM
0.10
10:40PM
0.33
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise5:58-------5:58-------5:58-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:45-------5:45----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11--------1-----11--
Temp. °C232528282726262524262827262525242325262626252424
Feels °C (?)252831313129292827293130292928272629292829292727
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