Copacabana Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.95° W

Copacabana 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Copacabana sea temperature is
22.7° C
2.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Copacabana today (23 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Copacabana at 5PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (23 Jul)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (23 Jul)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 19°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the WNW by Sat afternoon).

Thu
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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)
0.9
NNE
6
0.9
N
6
0.7
NNE
6
0.6
NNE
6
0.6
NNW
6
0.6
NNW
6
0.6
NNW
6
0.5
NNW
6
0.7
NNW
6
0.8
NW
4
0.9
WNW
5
0.9
WNW
5
1.1
NW
6
1
NW
6
0.9
WNW
5
1.2
NW
6
1.5
WNW
6
1.7
NW
6
1.8
NW
6
1.9
NNW
7
1.9
NNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
54
52
28
30
30
31
30
20
31
24
35
37
69
60
44
96
176
223
263
397
379
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
35
W
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
High Tide
12:35PM2.71m
1:12AM2.62m
1:48PM2.72m
2:25AM2.65m
2:52PM2.82m
Low Tide
6:46PM1.23m
7:16AM1.25m
7:58PM1.21m
8:22AM1.21m
9:00PM1.10m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:47
9:46
9:45
 mm
1
4
1
1
Temp °C
22
23
23
23
21
20
19
19
21
22
22
21
21
20
19
19
20
20
21
21
20
Feels °C
22
24
25
24
22
20
19
18
20
20
19
18
18
17
16
16
15
15
17
17
16
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