Recreio Surf Forecast

/ Rio de Janeiro (47 surf breaks) /

Brazil (447 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (23.03° S 43.46° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Recreio surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 -03

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Recreio surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Recreio sea temperature is 22.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Recreio today?

The current surf forecast for Recreio at 12PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (17 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

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	Friday 17						Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Mon 20
	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	S	S	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	WSW	E	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	7	8	9	9	9	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	57	57	92	110	73	73	181	191	168	145	146	127	136	112	89	74	66	316	957	1138	999	804	669	539
Wind (km/h)	NNE	ENE	ESE	ESE	SW	W	NE	NNE	WSW	W	SSW	S	WSW	W	SW	WSW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:03PM 0.91				12:34AM 0.91				1:19PM 0.94				1:04AM 0.98				1:36PM 0.96				1:33AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)		6:06AM 0.16				6:30PM 0.37				6:44AM 0.12				6:58PM 0.28				7:17AM 0.10				7:26PM 0.20

	Friday 17						Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Mon 20
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	6	1	6	4	3	2	3	2	1	1
Temp. °C	20	25	28	26	21	21	22	22	21	22	25	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	18
Feels °C (?)	22	27	28	26	23	23	25	25	22	24	28	24	24	24	22	19	19	19	18	18	16	16	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rio de Janeiro

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Recreio (light winds from the S at Jacarepagua Airport 11 km from Recreio). 0.6m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.5m 8s swell from the ESE and a 0.3m 5s windswell, also from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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2 h 9 min ago

15 km/h

Cross-On

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