Prainha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.37° S 48.53° W

Issued: 8 am 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Prainha sea temperature is

17.7° C

Prainha 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 Prainha today (26 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Prainha at 3PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 08:00am July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	12s
Afternoon (26 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s
Evening (26 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 26						Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 12	SE 8	SSE 12	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	218	195	158	145	117	117	105	86	88	86	86	86	76	59	58	58	58	71	85	94	91	85
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	N	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	ENE	ESE	SE	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	glassy	glassy	cross	off
High Tide				1:16PM0.84m				00:41AM0.72m				1:46PM0.89m				1:14AM0.79m				2:14PM0.92m
Low Tide		6:37AM0.18m				7:38PM0.38m				7:15AM0.11m				8:04PM0.35m				7:50AM0.06m				8:28PM0.34m


	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:56	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	18	21	21	18	18	18	18	17	19	24	23	20	19
Feels °C	15	14	19	17	16	16	16	17	17	19	22	22	18	18	18	18	18	20	26	25	21	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	206	184	158	140	117	117	105	86	88	86	86	86	76	59	58	58	58	71	85	94	91	85
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 12	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	218	195	147	145	94	89	61	59	35	80	77	75	67	43	42	42	44	44	36	37	37	26
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 13	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	SE 15	—	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12
kJ	20	23	19	19	18	18	11	10	34	10	5	5	4	4	5	8	—	55	55	48	46	46
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NNW 2	NNW 2	N 3	NNE 3	N 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	1	1	5	9	6	10	10	16	20	17	18	21	25	28	45	50	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	20	21	36	52	38	27	27	21	20	0	20	20	20	27	27	20	12	20	0	0	10	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	5	5

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