Recreio surf break

Recreio surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 -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
25.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Recreio today?

The current surf forecast for Recreio at 7PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
1
S
0.8
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)151413121514111313121414131313131313121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7314018731927511624077647526351042985806772760563555451356350282282229121
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
15
W
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
0.90
4:09AM
0.84
5:11PM
0.82
4:38AM
0.78
5:58PM
0.73
5:15AM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:33AM
0.12
11:05PM
0.40
11:12AM
0.18
11:51PM
0.48
12:08PM
0.26
1:10AM
0.54
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:03-------6:03
Sunset-5:47-------5:46-------5:45------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------2167--
Temp. °C272625242424232528272525252423273132272522222327
Feels °C (?)292929282828262830292728282624293234302724232529
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