Recreio surf break

Recreio surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 16 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
24.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Recreio today?

The current surf forecast for Recreio at 5AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)77121212121211111111111010999999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137121113147109104137133126158156153150139166141144102838181859090
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
15
WSW
0
NW
0
ENE
5
NW
10
W
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glassoffoffglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
0.98
2:37PM
1.13
2:47AM
0.93
3:13PM
1.11
3:06AM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
-0.00
8:39AM
0.09
9:13PM
0.07
9:13AM
0.06
9:55PM
0.18
9:49AM
0.05
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset-------5:38-------5:37-------5:37
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232322212124272723232222212629272424232222242525
Feels °C (?)262625232426292825262525222730282726272525252626
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