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Prainha surfForecast / Santa Catarina – Norte / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 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
28.6° C
 (Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Prainha today?

The current surf forecast for Prainha at 6PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)--
Afternoon (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (17 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1077777777777777101010999121110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54535366687072725151493737353965109145130168165400341348
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
SSE
10
NNW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
N
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		crossoffglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassononcross-
on		glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
0.98
3:05AM
0.99
2:45PM
1.01
3:32AM
0.95
3:18PM
1.01
4:00AM
0.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
-0.06
9:16AM
0.28
9:31PM
-0.03
9:38AM
0.29
10:03PM
0.05
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------5:58--------6:00-------6:00
Sunset--6:57-------6:55-------6:54-----
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-11211-------------------
Temp. °C302724242424232628272524232322242626252424232324
Feels °C (?)323027282828262930282525252624272726262627262627
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