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Praia Brava surf break

Praia Brava surfForecast / Santa Catarina – Florianópolis / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Friday 30 Jan 2026 -03
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Praia Brava surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praia Brava sea temperature is
26.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praia Brava today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Brava at 5AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (31 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (31 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.5
SE
0.2
ENE
0.7
S
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.5
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)837577775151514141414131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1344211010101015222121193029171166163434240243823
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
ENE
15
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NE
15
SE
25
SE
15
SSE
0
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offglassononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.93
1:07PM
0.71
2:35AM
0.92
1:36PM
0.79
2:56AM
0.89
2:07PM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32PM
0.03
8:36AM
0.34
8:11PM
-0.03
9:03AM
0.37
8:47PM
-0.05
9:23AM
0.39
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----5:45-------5:46-------5:47---
Sunset7:07-------7:07-------7:07-------
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-------241-------------
Temp. °C252423222123252624222222212227262524232222252627
Feels °C (?)252424242225262627262525232428272424262424262628
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