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Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 16 Jan 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
26.9° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 4PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.4
E
1.7
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
1
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)777559877775699677777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6565676610477178867681001911313765559621661141178065
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
ENE
25
E
35
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
25
E
35
E
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
SW
10
SE
10
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
0.85
2:26AM
1.01
1:51PM
0.91
2:56AM
1.03
2:19PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
0.34
7:33PM
0.06
8:06AM
0.31
8:13PM
0.01
8:41AM
0.29
8:52PM
-0.03
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
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Sunset----6:39-------6:39-------6:39---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222730282624232322273029262423222225272625262424
Feels °C (?)222628252523222322272826242323222427282827282525
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