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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	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia do Pero 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	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro
Rating	4	3	3	0	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2667	1419	856	305	467	273	139	127	443	386	269	286	528	674	940	585	664	487	495	578	463	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:23PM 0.88		3:28AM 1.01	2:49PM 0.88		3:53AM 0.94	3:20PM 0.87		4:38AM 0.92	4:08PM 0.89		5:28AM 0.88	4:39PM 0.83		6:30AM 0.83	5:48PM 0.82		8:00AM 0.98		6:41PM 0.75	10:19AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)	9:02AM 0.29		9:07PM 0.06	9:40AM 0.34		9:49PM 0.04	10:18AM 0.36		10:25PM 0.10	11:06AM 0.41		11:06PM 0.33	11:57AM 0.47		12:19AM 0.19		1:01PM 0.51	1:27AM 0.22		2:16PM 0.47	2:36AM 0.22	3:09AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	16	38	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	21	28	25	23	24	23	22	23	23	22	21	22	21	23	23	22	22	22	21	25
Low °C	21	22	19	27	24	21	23	22	21	23	21	21	21	21	20	22	23	21	22	21	19	23
Chill °C (?)	21	24	21	28	25	23	24	23	22	23	23	22	21	22	21	23	23	22	22	22	21	25
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:58
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.7 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	8	9	10	9	7	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	-	0.6 S	1.0 E	0.6 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	-	9	5	12	6	6	8	12	-	9	6	7	-	11	10	10	10	7	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 E	-	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	-	5	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	3

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	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Figuera Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Conchas Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Geriba Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2785	2499	2349	1795	1102	1128	736	673	546	534	462	202	355	250	273	226	211	179	92	104	160	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:30PM 0.93					3:22AM 0.97								4:02AM 0.98				3:20PM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)			9:05AM 0.31				9:04PM 0.04				9:40AM 0.34				9:47PM 0.06				9:44AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2
Temp. °C	18	22	21	22	22	20	20	21	21	26	24	24	23	22	22	21	22	23	25	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	18	22	21	22	22	20	20	21	21	26	24	24	23	22	22	21	22	23	25	23	22	22
Sunrise	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	10	10	5	5	5	6	9	6	7	6	6	6	11	6	7	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.4 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	-	1.1 E	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	0.8 E	-	0.8 E	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	-	10	5	4	-	5	-	5	5	-	6	-	6	-	6	-	5	6	4	5

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	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Jaconé Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Figuera Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia das Conchas Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Geriba Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2942	2863	2989	2738	2507	2588	2184	2122	1902	2155	2010	1000	1756	1240	1459	1342	1148	1156	854	771	736	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												2:59PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)							9:02AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	20	20	20	22	23	24	24	24	21	23	22	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	17	20	20	20	22	23	24	24	24	21	23	22	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	7	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.3 E	1.1 E	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	10	5	-	-	4	4	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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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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