Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
26.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 1AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


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Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
SSW
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)9999999988999999677777126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)716868686564524935353637394032317391726245504868
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
NE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
1.02
4:27AM
0.84
5:29PM
0.92
4:54AM
0.78
6:41PM
0.80
5:26AM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35PM
0.33
11:33AM
0.18
12:31AM
0.47
12:31PM
0.23
1:49AM
0.58
1:56PM
0.27
Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise----5:54-------5:54-------5:54---
Sunset-------5:58-------5:57-------5:55
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------11---------------
Temp. °C252422222223252525232222212428292624232322252929
Feels °C (?)272624252525262526242324222529292624242423273129
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