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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	Tue	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17
	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 da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Canto do Leblon Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	10	9	8	8	9	11	11	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	634	2526	2138	1743	1246	912	970	624	811	629	465	381	468	361	396	337	501	483	715	555	454	464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:31AM 0.70		11:38PM 0.68	6:12AM 0.62		12:24AM 0.78	11:59AM 0.64		12:58AM 0.88		12:35PM 0.76	1:27AM 0.96		1:03PM 0.86	1:47AM 1.05		1:29PM 0.96	2:20AM 1.07		1:54PM 1.05	2:43AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.55		1:55PM 0.35		3:31AM 0.58	3:48PM 0.35		5:26AM 0.52	5:17PM 0.27		6:19AM 0.43		6:15PM 0.16	6:55AM 0.35		6:53PM 0.05	7:29AM 0.28		7:39PM -0.03	8:01AM 0.22		8:16PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	10	21	13	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	26	24	26	27	25	26	26	25	26	25	24
Low °C	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	24	24	23	25	25	23	25	25	23	24	25	24	24	25	22
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	26	24	26	27	25	26	26	25	26	25	24
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SE	0.5 SSE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	0.3 S	1.7 ESE	0.3 S	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	10	11	8	10	9	11	11	12	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S
Period (s)	17	-	-	7	6	5	-	7	15	14	8	13	19	11	16	16	14	13	14	12	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	1.1 E	-	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	1.9 SE	-	1.6 SE	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	9	9	-	8	-	-	-	10	-	9	-

	Tue		Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio 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	Praia da Macumba 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	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor 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	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.7 S	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	469	485	643	1118	1734	2526	2293	2138	1894	1894	1734	1621	1560	1233	1252	1074	898	948	970	961	706	685
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:12PM 0.72			5:31AM 0.70						11:38PM 0.68			6:12AM 0.62						12:24AM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)				1:22AM 0.55				1:55PM 0.35					3:31AM 0.58				3:48PM 0.35				5:26AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	1	2	1	6	12	9	9	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	23	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	24
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 S	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	18	17	16	10	-	-	-	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 ESE	-	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 E	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	6	7	7	5	-	6	4	6	7	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	6

	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio 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	Praia da Macumba 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	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor 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	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	495	459	469	489	457	476	526	567	634	777	925	1182	1182	1734	1734	2050	2584	2526	2440	2354	2293	2248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:12PM 0.72											5:31AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)											1:22AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	-	5	3	2	3	3	3
High °C	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	-	7	6	6	6	4	4	5

Rio de Janeiro Surf Breaks

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Lopes Mendes (Ilha Grande)

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Meio da Praia

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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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