Tabinha Surf Forecast

/ Ceará (16 surf breaks) /

Brazil (449 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (3.51° S 38.90° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Tabinha surfForecast / Ceará / Brazil

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Wednesday 20 May 2026 -03

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Tabinha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Tabinha sea temperature is 28.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tabinha today?

The current surf forecast for Tabinha at 10PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm May 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 May)	-	-
Afternoon (20 May)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (20 May)	3ft (0.9m)	6s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed afternoon, min 24°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 20				Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat 23
	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 9	NNE 9	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	NNE 9	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	92	90	74	61	67	83	126	130	79	79	66	64	66	69	126	91	79	86	85	56	57	152	103	94
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				7:49PM2.40m				8:04AM2.63m				8:50PM2.26m					9:08AM2.47m				9:58PM2.18m
Low Tide		1:34PM0.20m				1:46AM0.53m				2:33PM0.38m				2:47AM0.69m					3:38PM0.55m				3:57AM0.80m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—
	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	5:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	26	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	26	28	28	27	26	26	24	24	26
Feels °C	29	29	29	28	28	28	26	27	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	28	29	30	28	28	26	25	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	E 6	E 6	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	E 6	NNE 8	NNE 8	E 7	ENE 7	NNE 8	NNE 8	E 7	NNE 8	E 7
kJ	92	90	62	61	61	68	86	76	59	65	57	57	57	57	86	41	40	86	73	53	39	69	38	94
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	N 15	N 15	N 15	N 14	NNE 9	NNE 9	N 14	N 14	—	N 13	—	—	NNE 9	—	—	NNE 8	NNE 8	—	—	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8
kJ	—	—	4	4	4	4	67	67	4	4	—	3	—	—	58	—	—	40	40	—	—	38	50	38
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	—	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	SE 4
kJ	61	73	74	60	67	83	126	130	79	79	66	64	66	69	126	91	79	—	85	56	57	152	103	16
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Mahury French Guiana	Regencia Espírito Santo	Regencia Espírito Santo	Regencia Espírito Santo	Baia Formosa Rio Grande Do Norte	Tabinha Ceará	Tabinha Ceará	Boca da Barra Bahia - Sul	Itacimirim Bahia - Norte	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Portao Ceará	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Jacarecica Alagoas	Tabinha Ceará	Ronco do Mar Ceará	Boca da Barra Bahia - Sul	Marataizes Espírito Santo	Geriba Rio de Janeiro	Volta da Jurema Ceará	Volta da Jurema Ceará	Barrinha Espírito Santo	Tabinha Ceará	Tabinha Ceará	Barra do Sai Espírito Santo
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	2	4	1	5	2	1	1	2	1	4	1	1	2	2	1	2
Distance (km)	1752	1796	1796	1796	535	0	0	1198	1005	2166	48	2164	766	0	19	1198	1958	2168	51	51	1876	0	0	1813
Best forecast wave conditions in Ceará						Icarai	Volta da Jurema				Portao			Icarai	Boca do Poco				Volta da Jurema	Volta da Jurema		Tabinha	Volta da Jurema
Rating (10 max)						1	2				1			1	1				1	1		2	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Brazil	Praia dos Castelhanos (Ilha Bela) São Paulo	Prainha Rio de Janeiro	Lambe Lambe Santa Catarina - Florianópolis	Mystos Santa Catarina - Sul	Riozinho Santa Catarina - Florianópolis	Lambe Lambe Santa Catarina - Florianópolis	Lambe Lambe Santa Catarina - Florianópolis	Riozinho Santa Catarina - Florianópolis	Lambe Lambe Santa Catarina - Florianópolis	Pauba São Paulo	Praia da Baleia São Paulo	Maresias São Paulo	Itaúna Rio de Janeiro	Itaúna Rio de Janeiro	Itaúna Rio de Janeiro	Pauba São Paulo	Naufragados Santa Catarina - Florianópolis	Ponta Do Rapa Santa Catarina - Florianópolis	Figuera Rio de Janeiro	Figuera Rio de Janeiro	Naufragados Santa Catarina - Florianópolis	Pauba São Paulo	Praia dos Castelhanos (Ilha Bela) São Paulo	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	7	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Anglet - Corsaires France	Trial Harbour Australia	Hanga Poukura Chile	Mata Veri Chile	Mata Veri Chile	Lambe Lambe Brazil	Lambe Lambe Brazil	Tahai Chile	Tahai Chile	Pauba Brazil	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Easter Reef Australia	Itaúna Brazil	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Currumbin Point Australia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Nugget Point New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	8	9

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