Praia da Barra 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 40.64° N 8.75° W

Issued: 11 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Praia da Barra sea temperature is

16.2°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Praia da Barra today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with WNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with WNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Praia da Barra at 4PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5					Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 11	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	WNW 11	SW 8	SW 8	SW 7	SW 7	SW 7	SW 7	SW 6	SW 6	WNW 14	W 14	WNW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	365	383	408	320	299	247	243	171	157	119	119	92	75	160	204	171	139	113	97	79	66	68	94	131
Wind (km/h)	SE	WSW	WNW	NNW	E	ESE	SE	SE	SE	S	WSW	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSW	ENE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			12:29PM2.97m				00:59AM2.89m				1:13PM3.06m				1:37AM3.00m				1:53PM3.11m				2:13AM3.08m
Low Tide					6:32PM1.08m				6:44AM1.12m				7:11PM0.99m				7:24AM1.01m				7:46PM0.93m


	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:11
	—	—	5:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	5:23
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	16	16	13	15	15	15	16	16	19	21	20	20	19	19	19
Feels °C	6	11	10	11	10	8	8	7	8	12	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	16	19	19	17	15	15	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 11	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	SW 7	SW 8	SW 8	SW 7	SW 7	SW 7	SW 7	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SSW 6	SW 6
kJ	365	383	408	320	299	247	243	171	157	119	119	92	38	160	204	171	139	113	97	79	66	54	67	56
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	SSW 4	WNW 11	NW 10	NW 10	NW 10	NW 10	NW 10	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	NW 11	W 14	WNW 13
kJ	13	12	11	6	6	6	6	6	3	2	2	3	75	53	50	25	25	25	47	47	50	31	94	131
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	NNW 5	—	N 6	NW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	NW 12	S 11	S 11	W 14	WNW 14	NW 12	WNW 11
kJ	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	2	—	1	7	15	14	23	2	2	16	68	34	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 2	SSE 3	S 3	—	—	—	SE 3	SE 3	SE 3	—	—	—	—	SE 2	—	SE 3
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	4
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	2	216	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	2	0	31	9	9	0	0	31	0	0	0	9	3
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Rating (10 max)	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4

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