Rio de Janeiro Surf

Detailed Rio de Janeiro surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Rio de Janeiro. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Rio de Janeiro. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Rio de Janeiro over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Rio de Janeiro and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Rio de Janeiro Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Rio de Janeiro Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Rio de Janeiro coastline are also listed below.

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	Mon	Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia do Pero Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Camboinhas Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	São Conrado Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro
Rating	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	2.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.7 S	0.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.3 ENE	0.8 S	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	7	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	11	9	9	11	10	10	8	8	8	7	13	7	7
Energy(?)	124	1112	150	473	69	354	231	363	436	450	209	277	386	238	239	432	148	325	199	58	146	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	on	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:52AM 1.06	3:23PM 1.08		4:21AM 1.05	3:55PM 1.09		5:01AM 1.21	4:52PM 1.27		5:23AM 0.96	5:09PM 1.02		6:19AM 0.85	5:55PM 0.95		6:39AM 0.81		6:41PM 0.84	7:06AM 0.69		8:19PM 0.76
Low Tide / height (m)	9:11PM -0.01	9:52AM 0.29		10:10PM -0.03	10:26AM 0.30		10:48PM 0.01	11:09AM 0.51		11:28PM 0.08	11:42AM 0.35		12:40AM 0.12		12:28PM 0.38	1:09AM 0.28		1:31PM 0.37	2:23AM 0.36		2:43PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	25	4	3	-	2	-	-	-	3	2	2	3	1	1	5	2	-	5	4	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	21	24	23	22	24	25	25	27	26	23	30	28	24
Low °C	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	23	21	20	21	22	21	22	24	23	25	25	22	26	26	22
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	21	24	23	22	24	25	25	27	26	23	30	28	24
Sunrise	-	5:22	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 E	0.9 S	1.0 E	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	9	9	11	8	10	8	8	8	7	8	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	10	8	9	8	16	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.7 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	7	-	7	7

	Mon		Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rio de Janeiro	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Praia do Pero Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon Rio de Janeiro
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	321	458	124	134	158	172	136	1181	408	92	91	68	404	356	115	95	362	333	308	297	424	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:13PM 1.22				3:52AM 1.06				3:46PM 1.30				4:24AM 0.97				3:55PM 1.09				4:47AM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)			9:33PM -0.04				9:52AM 0.29				10:10PM -0.03				10:26AM 0.30				10:51PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	3	2	13	8	3	3	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	23	22	23	23	23	23	24	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	20	20	23
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	22	23	23	23	23	24	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	20	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.9 ENE	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 S	-	-	2.2 SSW	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	3	4	-	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

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	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rio de Janeiro	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Praia do Pero Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon Rio de Janeiro
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	183	206	232	227	132	128	133	186	185	130	183	134	52	318	158	158	172	820	808	808	846	928
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:13PM 1.22												3:54AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)							9:33PM -0.04	10:06PM 0.02											9:55AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	10	7	1	4	8	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	22	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	22	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.5 S
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	-	3	3	6	6	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	9

Rio de Janeiro Surf Breaks

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Lopes Mendes (Ilha Grande)

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Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar)

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Most downtown beach breaks work best from 3 to 8 feet. Expect a big crowd at most of the city breaks when it's on. There is a chance to surf in the dark under floodlights at the eastern end of Ipanema beach (Arpoador) but don't expect to get many waves as the locals are hot and on it full time. There are also two beaches in a rainforest, Prainha and Grumari.

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