Praia Grande surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 -03
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Praia Grande surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praia Grande sea temperature is
27.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praia Grande today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Grande at 11PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)--
Afternoon (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.9
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
E
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)117777713714141313131212121211111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83781137777871657470939213512511716716415814514012895918862
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
E
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57AM
0.81
1:15AM
0.99
12:34PM
0.93
1:37AM
1.02
1:07PM
1.02
1:57AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
0.13
6:49AM
0.41
6:56PM
0.07
7:18AM
0.33
7:33PM
0.03
7:46AM
0.26
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-
Sunset-5:51-------5:50-------5:49------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C252525252424242425252525242423242425252524242424
Feels °C (?)262526262526272728262627272726282626262624232222
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