Praia Brava Surf Forecast

/ Rio de Janeiro (47 surf breaks) /

Brazil (447 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (22.77° S 41.88° W)

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Praia Brava surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 -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 21.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Praia Brava today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Brava at 12AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Evening (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s

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

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	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	854	854	757	680	613	535	527	451	486	287	282	278	273	273	264	232	201	259	261	319	376	390	394	613
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNW	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	S	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			11:12PM 0.66					2:11PM 0.98			11:49PM 0.82					2:16PM 0.99				12:22AM 0.95				2:04PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	5:32PM 0.50				5:20AM 0.08					6:03PM 0.43			6:00AM -0.01					6:36PM 0.35				6:44AM -0.07

	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42

Rain (mm)	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	21	21	22	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	25	24
Feels °C (?)	17	20	19	20	23	22	21	21	22	23	23	23	22	24	22	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	20	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rio de Janeiro

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Praia Brava (calm at Macae 44 km from Praia Brava). 1.9m 6s windswell from the ENE with a 1.6m 13s groundswell from the SE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 17 minutes ago Praia Brava

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44 km away, 2 h 17 min ago

4 km/h

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21.6

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