Prainha surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Saturday 23 Aug 2025 -03
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Prainha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Prainha sea temperature is
21.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Prainha today?

The current surf forecast for Prainha at 3AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (23 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (23 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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

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Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
1.7
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
2
E
2.2
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)888888888888888999998999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)49037480073058119425987010833302451521178581427574576537462377404367354
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
E
10
E
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
0
N
10
SE
15
S
5
SSE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:12PM
0.99
2:38AM
1.05
3:30PM
0.98
3:07AM
1.07
3:47PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
-0.04
9:00PM
0.28
9:19AM
-0.02
9:26PM
0.25
9:49AM
0.02
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Sunrise---6:13-------6:11-------6:11----
Sunset-----5:39-------5:40-------5:40--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242322253132262726242020212120202019202124222121
Feels °C (?)242221243030252624221919192021212120222324222323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rio de Janeiro

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Prainha (light winds from the N at Marambaia (Rio de Janeiro) 10 km from Prainha). 1.9m 7s swell from the E with a 0.4m 9s swell from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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14 km/h
N
Cross-Off
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