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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	Wed	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 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	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Geriba Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Conchas Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Figuera Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro
Rating	2	3	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	4	0	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 E	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	50	397	1141	3064	2667	1433	903	458	308	322	168	172	170	319	347	331	289	159	152	693	989	726
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:22AM 1.01		2:00PM 0.88		3:03AM 1.13	2:30PM 0.93		3:37AM 1.11	3:17PM 1.01		4:00AM 0.96	3:25PM 0.90		4:29AM 0.89	4:08PM 0.89		5:15AM 0.85	4:39PM 0.83		6:12AM 0.80	5:32PM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)		9:17AM 0.23		8:25PM -0.13	9:47AM 0.29		9:45PM 0.10	9:18AM 0.34		10:09PM 0.17	10:21AM 0.36		10:25PM 0.10	11:03AM 0.41		11:16PM 0.17	11:55AM 0.45		12:16AM 0.19		1:04PM 0.48	1:27AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	9	2	4	61	6	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	20	21	24	20	26	24	23	22	23	22	22	22	21	20	21	21	22	23	21
Low °C	21	22	21	17	21	22	18	24	23	21	21	23	21	22	21	20	20	21	20	21	22	20
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	20	21	24	20	26	24	23	22	23	22	22	22	21	20	21	21	22	23	21
Sunrise	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.8 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 E	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	1.7 S
Period (s)	7	11	10	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.4 S	1.0 S	-	0.3 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	18	16	-	10	-	9	6	8	11	6	6	6	6	6	9	10	7	8	8	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	-	5	5	6	5	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	8	8	7

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	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	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon Rio de Janeiro	Itacoatiara Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro
Rating	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	10	12	10	10	10	17	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	568	268	294	564	422	271	790	926	2110	1419	3177	3302	2785	2471	2336	1804	695	963	848	862	576	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:41AM 1.01				2:19PM 1.00				2:55AM 1.02				2:30PM 0.93					3:22AM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)		8:47PM 0.06				8:32AM 0.27	9:17AM 0.23								9:05AM 0.31				9:04PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	20	20	22	22	22	21	21	19	18	17	21	21	22	22	21	21	20	21	25
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	20	20	22	22	22	21	21	19	18	17	21	21	22	22	21	21	20	21	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Sunset	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.9 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	8	7	7	10	16	16	9	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	1.4 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	12	18	16	7	17	9	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	10	10	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 E	0.9 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	7	7	7	10	10	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	5	6	6	6	6	-

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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	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon Rio de Janeiro	Itacoatiara Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Dunas Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro
Rating	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	609	700	566	505	566	23	284	187	441	286	465	458	371	428	407	406	612	682	754	839	1058	908
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												2:24AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)						8:01PM 0.08												8:28AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	10	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	7	7	7	7	10	10	11	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	17	17	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-

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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