Praia Cardoso Surf Forecast

/ Santa Catarina – Sul (37 surf breaks) /

Brazil (447 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (28.61° S 48.82° W)

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Praia Cardoso surfForecast / Santa Catarina – Sul / Brazil

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 -03

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Praia Cardoso surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Praia Cardoso sea temperature is 18.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Praia Cardoso today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Cardoso at 4AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	9s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	9s
Evening (17 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	10s

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

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	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1452	1220	961	929	1125	580	687	792	908	1015	996	867	769	680	740	654	495	476	165	92	75	85	49	79
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SSE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:28AM 0.35				1:36PM 0.69			11:58PM 0.42					1:58PM 0.67			11:34PM 0.51					2:04PM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)			5:17AM 0.10					6:54PM 0.37				6:06AM 0.04				6:59PM 0.34				6:47AM -0.00				7:20PM 0.30

	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	22	22	21	22
Feels °C (?)	17	17	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	18	18	19	16	15	19	19	20	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Santa Catarina - Sul

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Praia Cardoso (light winds from the W at Santa Marta (86972 -0) 0 km from Praia Cardoso). 2.4m 10s swell from the ESE to make surfable waves.
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