Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Joaquina today (20 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Joaquina at 9PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (-03) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Joaquina. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 17°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 335 | 290 | 290 | 296 | 313 | 326 | 332 | 293 | 258 | 249 | 208 | 235 | 270 | 240 | 204 | 200 | 204 | 187 | 205 | 224 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:42AM0.74m | 10:49PM0.63m | 12:02PM0.80m | 11:25PM0.72m | 12:24PM0.83m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:09PM0.37m | 5:03AM0.13m | 5:43PM0.31m | 5:46AM0.07m | 6:17PM0.25m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | | | | | | |  |  | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Feels °C | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 335 | 290 | 290 | 296 | 313 | 326 | 332 | 293 | 258 | 249 | 208 | 235 | 270 | 240 | 204 | 200 | 204 | 187 | 205 | 224 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 7 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | ESE 10 | E 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 37 | 42 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | E 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 4 | NE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 82 | 92 | 98 | 43 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Florianópolis | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Joaquina surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest