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Joaquina surf break

Joaquina surfForecast / Santa Catarina – Florianópolis / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 -03
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Joaquina surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Joaquina sea temperature is
25.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Joaquina today?

The current surf forecast for Joaquina at 9PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.5
S
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)989881010101099991111101010101010121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77666991046801118684135130979056553735403856
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SSE
5
WSW
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
20
N
20
NNE
25
NE
5
N
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
off		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
0.76
5:29AM
0.61
5:12PM
0.70
6:02AM
0.58
6:08PM
0.63
6:43AM
0.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
0.46
11:42PM
0.24
9:59AM
0.43
12:23AM
0.33
10:57AM
0.42
1:47AM
0.40
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------5:26-------5:28-------5:28-
Sunset--7:13-------7:14-------7:14-----
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-101---------------162---
Temp. °C262224232322222425262625252424262727252323232324
Feels °C (?)272427262625242727272928292727282727292425262526
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