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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	Sun		Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro
Rating	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	2	3	3	0	2	3	0	3	4	0	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.3 SE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	455	1268	1065	1047	883	1125	623	427	518	373	743	386	619	392	219	624	586	304	677	543	910	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:33AM 1.03		1:42PM 1.06	1:58AM 1.15		2:14PM 1.05	2:39AM 1.15		2:27PM 0.94		3:01AM 1.05	2:50PM 0.96		3:25AM 1.00	3:04PM 0.89		3:54AM 0.95	3:38PM 0.88		4:40AM 0.90	4:10PM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)		7:26PM 0.20	8:26AM 0.05		7:40PM 0.07	8:05AM 0.05		8:10PM 0.03	8:48AM 0.17		8:34PM 0.03	9:20AM 0.23		9:23PM 0.07	9:48AM 0.28		10:12PM 0.14	10:23AM 0.35		10:26PM 0.13	11:18AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	20	20	22	21	21	22	21	20	24	25	21	30	29
Low °C	20	19	18	19	16	18	20	19	19	20	17	20	20	20	20	21	18	21	23	19	26	28
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	20	20	22	21	21	22	21	20	24	25	21	30	29
Sunrise	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:09	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	2.1 SSE	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.8 SE	0.2 E	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 SE	0.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	9	8	11	8	8	15	14	9	11	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.4 E	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.4 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	12	-	7	10	11	8	15	14	14	13	-	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	-	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	-	2.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	-	1.9 ESE	0.6 NNE	1.9 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	7	10	-	-	-	9	9	7	-	9	9	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	4	9	9

	Sunday 19				Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1199	1315	1664	844	1268	782	937	1004	1093	1053	985	1058	1028	1350	1147	1125	948	518	481	549	509	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	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
High Tide / height (m)		1:36PM 0.96				1:13AM 1.12				1:53PM 0.96				2:02AM 1.08				2:10PM 0.95				2:31AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)				8:00PM 0.18				7:31AM 0.02				7:52PM 0.14				8:17AM 0.12				8:20PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	3	3	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	18	19	20	20	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	18	19	20	20	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.0 S	2.1 S	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	1.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 E	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	14	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	8	10	11	10	10	9	7	13	8	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	-	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	-	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	10	8	9	8	-	-

	Sunday 19														Monday 20
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 E	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	901	1045	1608	1703	91	455	547	706	1332	1402	972	1553	1567	2792	1639	1528	1478	1380	1683	1304	1318	1318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	off	on	on	off	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					1:11PM 1.00												1:41AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)											7:05PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	20	20	19	18	18	18	19	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	18	19	20	18	20	20	19	18	18	18	19	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.7 S	1.8 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	2.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	1.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.5 SSE	0.4 E	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	8	8	14	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	-	3.0 S	2.3 S	-	-	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	7	7	8	8	-	9	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-

Rio de Janeiro Surf Breaks

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Lopes Mendes (Ilha Grande)

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Meio da Praia

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Piratininga

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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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