Canal Surf Break

Lat Long: 22.94° S 42.49° W

Canal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Canal sea temperature is
22.6°C
0.7° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Canal at 9PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the S by Sun morning).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.5
S
10
1
SSW
10
1.8
S
10
2.2
S
8
2.3
S
8
2.2
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.7
S
8
1.8
S
8
2.2
S
9
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.3
SSW
10
2.1
SSW
10
2
SSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
60
58
39
39
33
55
190
618
619
701
612
430
329
412
800
1326
1326
1018
833
742
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
S
0
WNW
0
WNW
5
WSW
15
WSW
30
SSE
20
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
Wind State
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
11:40AM0.87m
10:51PM0.64m
12:34PM0.96m
11:53PM0.74m
1:15PM1.02m
Low Tide
4:49PM0.52m
4:41AM0.21m
5:56PM0.47m
5:48AM0.11m
6:40PM0.42m
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:40
5:40
 mm
1
3
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
5
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
23
21
20
20
20
20
20
19
18
17
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
23
20
23
23
22
20
18
17
14
13
13
14
14
14
16
17
16
16
16
15
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