Praia Seca surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 04 Apr 2026 -03
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Praia Seca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praia Seca sea temperature is
27.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Praia Seca today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Seca at 9PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm April 04). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)--
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
1.1
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)88887881514141313121212111515141312121311
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83781467669555543706259575149474244109192295344485989423
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
0
NW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
1.05
3:31AM
0.93
4:13PM
0.98
3:53AM
0.89
4:47PM
0.91
4:19AM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
0.10
10:05PM
0.25
10:07AM
0.11
10:36PM
0.34
10:41AM
0.15
11:13PM
0.42
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise------5:58-------5:58-------5:58-
Sunset-5:45-------5:45-------5:44------
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1----1111-----------
Temp. °C272727262424242526262625252424242626252524232324
Feels °C (?)303030292728283029292929282727272928272725242525
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