Praia das Dunas surf break

Praia das Dunas surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Friday 06 Mar 2026 -03
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Praia das Dunas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praia das Dunas sea temperature is
26.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Praia das Dunas today?

The current surf forecast for Praia das Dunas at 3AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
E
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)10109999898555667777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1071057392707060494030384210010773636451545240404040
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
ESE
15
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
1.09
4:11AM
0.96
4:31PM
1.02
4:31AM
0.91
5:05PM
0.93
4:52AM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
0.19
10:32AM
0.19
11:00PM
0.29
11:03AM
0.21
11:30PM
0.39
11:40AM
0.27
Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----5:46-------5:46-------5:47---
Sunset6:12-------6:10-------6:09-------
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11------2------11--1---
Temp. °C252525252425262625252524242527272726252525262626
Feels °C (?)272627292628272726252626262831303030272726272727
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