Galheta Surf Forecast

/ Santa Catarina – Florianópolis (24 surf breaks) /

Brazil (447 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (27.60° S 48.43° W)

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Galheta surfForecast / Santa Catarina – Florianópolis / Brazil

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 17 Aug 2025 -03

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

Today's Galheta sea temperature is 16.2° C
(Which is 2.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Galheta today?

The current surf forecast for Galheta at 8AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am August 17). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Evening (17 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Florianópolis Surf

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	Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	5	6	10	6	5	5	5	5	5	1	1	1	1	5	202	160	154	132	70	132	139	302	166	171
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 0.40				12:42PM 0.70				12:36AM 0.41				1:13PM 0.78				12:01AM 0.47				1:35PM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)			3:33AM 0.34						10:14PM 0.39		4:57AM 0.25					7:06PM 0.40			5:57AM 0.16					7:25PM 0.38

	Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	16	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18
Feels °C (?)	15	14	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	16	17	17	18	17	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Santa Catarina - Florianópolis

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Galheta (calm at Morro da Cruz wx 11 km from Galheta). 0.2m 8s swell from the ENE to make surfable waves.
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Actual: 59 min ago

3 km/h

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