Canal surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 07 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
26.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Canal today?

The current surf forecast for Canal at 2PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
1
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
1
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
S
1.4
SSW
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)141315131414131313131313121212121212131212121214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1090915154965911911126915782760663563466437350344228282236260225175175284953
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
E
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
10
N
5
NW
5
NNW
15
SSW
10
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
0.84
5:29PM
0.83
4:53AM
0.79
6:30PM
0.76
5:39AM
0.73
10:13PM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
0.20
12:11AM
0.48
12:28PM
0.27
1:27AM
0.54
1:50PM
0.31
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise5:58--------6:00-------6:00------
Sunset---5:44-------5:43-------5:42----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--------------------1211
Temp. °C222427272524232223253029292827262626262725252424
Feels °C (?)242527272625242325273331323130282829292827282628
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