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Praia de Palmas surf break

Praia de Palmas surfForecast / Santa Catarina – Norte / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 -03
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Praia de Palmas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praia de Palmas sea temperature is
24.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praia de Palmas today?

The current surf forecast for Praia de Palmas at 11AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

Table - waves today at Praia de Palmas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
ESE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)101211777710101010101010101010101011101093
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8839636651493627292526262616191010109918883
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
W
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
0
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.70
4:23PM
0.86
3:38AM
0.66
5:17PM
0.75
11:07PM
0.68
3:54AM
0.63
6:34PM
0.65
11:50PM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
0.16
12:16AM
0.55
9:00AM
0.18
8:33PM
0.63
2:15AM
0.62
9:24AM
0.23
8:11PM
0.64
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:33------
Sunset---5:52-------5:51-------5:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181923232220191818192323222221202022242422222120
Feels °C (?)182023232322201919212423232423222224242423242322
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