Copacabana Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.46° N 3.95° W

Copacabana 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Copacabana sea temperature is
16.7°C
0.7° 

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 (09 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Copacabana at 12AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (09 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (09 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NW
11
0.4
NW
11
0.4
NW
10
0.3
NW
10
0.2
WNW
10
0.2
WNW
10
0.2
WNW
10
0.1
W
13
0.1
NW
9
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
13
0.1
NW
14
0.1
N
15
0.2
WNW
13
0.2
WNW
14
0.4
NW
14
0.4
WNW
13
0.4
WNW
13
0.6
WNW
13
0.7
WNW
13
0.7
WNW
14
0.8
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
29
28
16
10
9
9
4
3
3
3
8
7
18
19
47
70
68
116
156
166
204
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
30
SSW
35
S
30
SSW
20
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
25
S
30
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
3:48PM3.56m
4:05AM3.61m
4:23PM3.54m
4:37AM3.62m
4:56PM3.47m
5:09AM3.57m
Low Tide
9:47PM0.31m
10:06AM0.28m
10:21PM0.34m
10:42AM0.29m
10:55PM0.41m
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Temp °C
23
21
19
19
19
20
20
22
24
23
21
21
20
20
21
22
21
21
20
21
18
17
Feels °C
21
18
14
13
13
15
13
17
19
18
17
15
13
14
17
21
20
17
15
19
17
15
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