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Recreio surf break

Recreio surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 15 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
27.4° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Recreio today?

The current surf forecast for Recreio at 4AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.9
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.9
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)777777777777777777777766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27939731129814720335147538923025420894117171243355166114978197135161
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
ESE
20
ESE
10
WSW
10
W
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
SE
15
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offoffcrosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscrosscrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.74
2:00AM
0.93
1:29PM
0.80
2:33AM
0.97
1:58PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
0.41
6:53PM
0.16
7:38AM
0.36
7:36PM
0.08
8:14AM
0.32
8:17PM
0.02
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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Sunset------6:44-------6:44-------6:44-
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Rain (mm)
2-----1-1-----------1-13
Temp. °C242323273129252424232327292626262525242830272623
Feels °C (?)272525303229272728262629302729292728263032283026
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