Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 06 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
26.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 6AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
3
3
1
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)121212111515141314121413151314141313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51494641741091812363504881090915154975211751126915888673673563466437350
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
NW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
0.89
4:47PM
0.91
4:19AM
0.84
5:29PM
0.83
4:53AM
0.79
6:30PM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
0.33
10:45AM
0.14
11:19PM
0.41
11:29AM
0.20
12:11AM
0.48
12:28PM
0.27
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--5:58-------5:58--------6:00----
Sunset-----5:45-------5:44-------5:43--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423242525252424232224272725242323232530302928
Feels °C (?)262726282827282627252325282726242325242732313130
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