Canal Surf Break

Lat Long: 22.94° S 42.49° W

Canal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Canal sea temperature is
22.0°C
0.1° 

Canal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Canal today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Canal at 1PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (27 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 26°C on Tue morning, min 20°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
SSW
12
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SSW
12
0.6
S
12
0.7
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
10
1.1
ESE
6
1.5
E
7
1.7
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
69
48
47
30
28
15
15
14
29
29
48
96
128
156
139
133
98
128
125
108
199
271
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
35
NE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:56PM1.02m
3:02AM1.14m
3:17PM0.97m
3:38AM1.10m
3:40PM0.91m
Low Tide
9:04AM0.01m
9:11PM0.11m
9:43AM0.08m
9:47PM0.11m
10:24AM0.19m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
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5:35
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5:33
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5:33
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5:46
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2
1
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Temp °C
22
22
22
23
22
22
22
22
22
23
25
24
23
22
21
21
20
23
26
26
24
23
Feels °C
26
25
24
26
24
24
24
24
24
24
25
23
21
20
19
22
20
23
26
25
22
20
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