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Joaquina surf break

Joaquina surfForecast / Santa Catarina – Florianópolis / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 21 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
26.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Joaquina today?

The current surf forecast for Joaquina at 6AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (21 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
SE
1.8
SSE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.9
SE
Period(s) (?)8888899109101010101111111198108888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138114128114153208217257251208213217213326293229187143119184446282261463
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassononononcrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.84
3:20PM
0.86
4:20AM
0.80
3:56PM
0.85
4:54AM
0.75
4:36PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.34
10:26PM
0.03
10:45AM
0.36
11:08PM
0.09
11:25AM
0.39
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--5:35-------5:37-------5:37-----
Sunset------7:12-------7:12-------7:12-
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C222121222323232323222222232323222120192124242423
Feels °C (?)212121222221222222222322212121212120182023232424
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