Prainha surfForecast / Santa Catarina – Norte / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 -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
24.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Prainha today?

The current surf forecast for Prainha at 4PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
ESE
1
SSE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)1010101089810108109991098881111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88656463681617312712513214814210110010397103100103151169163157173
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
10
NE
10
ENE
5
SE
5
SSW
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
E
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crossoffglasscross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
1.01
2:55AM
0.76
3:37PM
0.95
3:18AM
0.70
4:23PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
0.17
9:52PM
0.28
8:52AM
0.16
10:47PM
0.42
8:49AM
0.16
12:16AM
0.55
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:31-------6:31-------6:33------
Sunset---5:53-------5:52-------5:52----
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C202226262321201919212524222119191820242422212121
Feels °C (?)212427272422222020232624232320201922252524242324
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