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Recreio surf break

Recreio surfForecast / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 09 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
28.4° C
 (Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Recreio today?

The current surf forecast for Recreio at 1PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.4
S
0.8
ESE
0.3
S
1.3
E
1.7
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.2
E
0.8
SSW
1.8
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.5
E
0.8
SSW
1.4
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
2
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)66868677777127777117777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6047225011132266184247247139186295431389230153195124147203279451217
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NW
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
N
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02AM
0.77
5:49PM
0.85
6:33AM
0.73
6:42PM
0.77
7:12AM
0.69
8:19PM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31PM
0.41
1:09AM
0.32
1:24PM
0.41
2:04AM
0.40
2:30PM
0.40
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise5:16-------5:16-------5:18-------
Sunset----6:44-------6:44-------6:44---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242931292725252424283131292826242329333128272624
Feels °C (?)263231303029292727313131302927252430343130292724
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