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Praia Brava surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 03 Feb 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
25.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Praia Brava today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Brava at 11AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (03 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1212121277777777777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1138179785756564242567274767878616161615759414242
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
WNW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NE
10
SE
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
W
5
SE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
1.19
3:31PM
1.28
4:12AM
1.16
4:01PM
1.30
4:35AM
1.12
4:33PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
0.33
9:36PM
-0.02
9:43AM
0.35
10:08PM
0.10
10:02AM
0.38
10:44PM
0.23
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise5:28-------5:28-------5:28-------
Sunset----6:32-------6:32-------6:31---
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part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---11------2111---------
Temp. °C242526262525242425262726252424242425262726252524
Feels °C (?)262729282829282730303028292727272729313130282928
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