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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	Fri	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23
	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	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Conchas Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro
Rating	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.3 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	211	183	131	16	130	195	231	472	391	188	148	512	499	442	398	357	449	496	403	509	412	373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:33AM 0.97		1:58PM 0.86		3:02AM 1.00	2:24PM 0.92		3:25AM 1.23	2:51PM 0.97		3:55AM 1.02	3:19PM 1.02		4:21AM 1.01	3:48PM 1.05		4:50AM 0.98	4:25PM 1.02		5:25AM 0.92	5:37PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		8:14AM 0.32		8:17PM 0.02	8:48AM 0.29		8:55PM -0.03	9:58AM 0.32		9:33PM -0.05	9:55AM 0.27		10:10PM -0.05	10:27AM 0.29		10:51PM -0.02	11:06AM 0.32		11:36PM 0.06	11:55AM 0.34		12:01AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	56	9	6	36	8	2	4	-	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	26	29	27	24	28	27	24	28	27	23	23	23	22	23	22	22	23	24	23	25	26	23
Low °C	24	28	26	23	27	26	23	26	26	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	24	21	25	24	22
Chill °C (?)	26	29	27	24	28	27	24	28	27	23	23	23	22	23	22	22	23	24	23	25	26	23
Sunrise	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	8	9	7	7	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	11	9	7	8	9	8	9	9	9	5	8	8	8	8	11	8	10	10	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	-	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	7	7	6	-	7	7	7	7	4	5	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4

	Fri		Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	São Conrado Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	São Conrado Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 E	2.0 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	17	197	211	450	392	345	11	57	203	246	633	212	240	236	268	122	263	275	216	312	231	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:33AM 0.97				1:52PM 1.05					3:03AM 1.00			2:24PM 0.92					3:24AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		7:36PM 0.08				8:14AM 0.32				8:17PM 0.02				8:41AM 0.29				8:53PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	25	24	24	28	31	27	26	25	25	24	25	25	28	28	27	26	24	23	24	28
Chill °C (?)	26	26	25	24	24	28	31	27	26	25	25	24	25	25	28	28	27	26	24	23	24	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.1 S	1.0 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	11	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.5 E	-	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	-	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	2.0 E	-	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	-	7	7	7	-	7	6	-	7	-	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7

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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	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	São Conrado Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	São Conrado Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.2 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.5 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	6	6	6	6	6	9	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	17	160	178	175	198	197	15	90	305	185	191	450	242	99	101	342	78	185	78	64	175	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												2:33AM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)					7:36PM 0.08													8:11AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	25	24	24	25	22	22	25	25	28	29	29	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	25	24	24	25	22	22	25	25	28	29	29	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	7	7	7	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	-	1.6 E	-	-	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.5 E	0.2 NNE	1.2 E	0.2 NNE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	7	6	7	7	7	4	7	4	7	7	7

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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