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Recreio surf break

Recreio surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 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
27.5° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Recreio today?

The current surf forecast for Recreio at 6PM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)--
Afternoon (20 Jan)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.9m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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)
!
!
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)9999999998999109999111010111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)764729627599529455455450399221206237337356388405380311418186377499457389
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
off		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19PM
1.02
4:20AM
1.00
3:50PM
1.04
4:47AM
0.97
4:24PM
1.03
5:16AM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
0.27
10:12PM
-0.05
10:31AM
0.28
10:51PM
-0.02
11:08AM
0.30
11:32PM
0.05
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------5:24-------5:26-------5:26-
Sunset--6:44-------6:44-------6:44-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2311-----------1--------
Temp. °C232122232222222324242323222121202223232120202023
Feels °C (?)232224252323232323232324232222212425252322222225
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