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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	Thu	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	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	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Figuera Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Barre de Marica Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Itapuca Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro
Rating	4	0	4	3	3	3	1	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	0	4	4	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	1.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.6 SSE	1.1 S	2.5 S	1.8 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	14	13	12	11	12	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	15	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1086	708	1817	1878	1022	568	113	422	1465	753	450	519	366	250	228	895	1463	1846	1118	811	671	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:41AM 1.17	2:51PM 0.88		4:16AM 1.10	3:42PM 0.96		4:55AM 0.88	3:38PM 0.82		5:48AM 0.77	4:14PM 0.79		9:12AM 0.77	5:23PM 0.77		8:46AM 0.81		7:21PM 0.78			10:09PM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)	9:45PM 0.04	9:32AM 0.36		9:55PM -0.14	11:20AM 0.50		10:33PM 0.93	11:23AM 0.54		11:26PM 0.13		12:22PM 0.62	12:53AM 0.28		1:31PM 0.62	1:58AM 0.26	8:15AM 0.81	3:07PM 0.62		4:02AM 0.31	4:10PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	23	21	28	26	24	23	22	21	22	23	21	22	22	21	23	23	22	28	29	22
Low °C	19	21	21	19	23	25	21	22	21	20	22	22	20	22	21	19	22	22	20	25	25	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	23	21	28	26	24	23	22	21	22	23	21	22	22	21	23	23	22	28	29	22
Sunrise	-	5:03	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.3 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	2.5 S	1.8 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	12	14	13	12	12	12	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	15	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	12	16	12	7	8	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	9	11	10	16	16	6	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 ESE	1.3 ENE	0.5 W	0.8 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	6

	Thu		Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	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	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Camboinhas Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Lage Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon 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	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Prainha Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro
Rating	0	0	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.3 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	7	12	11
Energy(?)	604	840	1023	1013	1463	1469	1100	1411	1309	1386	1431	1306	1340	921	958	611	599	128	555	572	1696	139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:34AM 1.19			2:49PM 0.84					4:19AM 1.09				3:53PM 0.94				4:51AM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)		8:50PM 0.01	9:11PM -0.01				9:06AM 1.48				9:49PM 0.02				10:40AM 0.43				11:11PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	20	19	21	22	22	21	20	20	22	21	22	25	26	24	24	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	19	21	22	22	21	20	20	22	21	22	25	26	24	24	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	12	12	10	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.3 E	0.2 E	1.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.5 E	1.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	8	13	8	8	12	16	16	15	6	7	13	7	8	8	7	11	10	10	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	1.7 NE	-	0.5 W	0.8 NNW	0.5 NW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SSW	-	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	8	4	5	6	-	-	6	-	3	4	3	4	6	7	-	12

	Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Camboinhas Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Lage Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon 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	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Prainha Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro
Rating	0	0	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	0.3 E	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	12	12	7	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	520	553	846	1310	1365	1300	955	779	779	1043	1043	1026	1307	1091	1113	1468	1207	9	1469	1455	1605	1323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													3:41AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)																				10:34AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	21	21	22	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	21	21	22	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	13	13	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 S	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

Rio de Janeiro Surf Breaks

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Lopes Mendes (Ilha Grande)

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Meio da Praia

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Pepino

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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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