Ponta do Cacao 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 20.22° S 40.20° W

Issued: 8 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ponta do Cacao sea temperature is

23.2°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Ponta do Cacao today (17 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ponta do Cacao at 11AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (17 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	8s

Table - waves today at Ponta do Cacao. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 22°C on Sat afternoon, min 20°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 17						Friday 18								Saturday 19
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	ESE 8	S 9	S 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	S 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	109	105	125	106	284	183	108	196	198	194	173	167	117	127	140	140	114	114	114	114	70	98
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	E	E	E	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide		6:30AM1.07m				6:03PM1.00m				7:58AM0.96m				7:18PM0.90m					11:25AM0.98m
Low Tide			11:57AM0.73m					00:30AM0.58m				2:48PM0.85m					3:42AM0.64m				5:41PM0.77m


	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—
mm	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	1	—	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22
Feels °C	21	22	22	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SSE 10	E 8	S 9	S 9	ESE 6	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	E 6	E 6
kJ	109	105	125	106	46	133	108	79	198	194	173	167	104	104	83	80	77	74	73	71	62	52
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 12	SSE 11	S 11	ESE 8	E 10	E 10	ESE 8	S 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 10	SSE 10
kJ	109	100	88	50	49	48	26	196	23	22	22	47	49	31	48	31	34	34	31	31	70	98
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	ENE 6	SSE 15	ESE 10	SSE 15	SSE 14	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 12	S 6	S 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	S 6	ESE 10
kJ	5	7	44	33	42	61	31	32	34	34	34	74	13	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	21	32
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 10	ESE 8	ESE 6	—	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	—	—
kJ	46	58	60	55	284	183	93	—	85	80	85	100	117	127	140	140	114	114	114	114	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Ponta do Cacao Espírito Santo	Ponta do Cacao Espírito Santo	Praia de Camburi Espírito Santo	Barra do Sai Espírito Santo	Ponta do Cacao Espírito Santo	Ponta do Cacao Espírito Santo	Ponta do Cacao Espírito Santo	Ponta do Cacao Espírito Santo	Ponta do Cacao Espírito Santo	Ponta do Cacao Espírito Santo	Ponta do Cacao Espírito Santo
Rating (10 max)	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	360	13	13	13	0	0	8	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	3	1	1	1	2		1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	9	9	8	7	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	9	5

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