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 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25
	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	Prainha Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Itacoatiara Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro	Recreio Rio de Janeiro
Rating	0	0	2	0	3	5	4	0	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 E	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	10	11	10	16	14	13	12	12	6	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	279	625	501	403	296	1141	3311	2127	1249	792	398	240	205	121	127	109	162	347	223	224	198	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:32AM 1.06		1:39PM 0.89	2:32AM 1.13		2:00PM 0.88	2:52AM 1.00		2:23PM 0.88		3:22AM 0.97	2:58PM 0.93		3:53AM 0.94	3:20PM 0.87		4:50AM 1.00	4:02PM 0.89		5:25AM 0.87	4:52PM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)		8:42AM 0.20		8:30PM 0.11	8:28AM 0.26		8:29PM 0.04	9:02AM 0.29		9:45PM 0.10	9:38AM 0.32		9:14PM 0.14	10:18AM 0.36		9:36PM 0.21	11:34AM 0.47		11:20PM 0.15	12:00PM 0.45		12:16AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	3	2	1	3	3	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	23	21	22	22	20	23	24	22	25	25	22	21	22	23	23	22	21	22	22	21
Low °C	22	24	22	20	21	21	17	21	23	21	24	23	20	21	22	21	23	22	21	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	23	24	23	21	22	22	20	23	24	22	25	25	22	21	22	23	23	22	21	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	5:00	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	11	10	16	14	13	12	12	12	6	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.4 E	1.1 SSW	0.4 S	1.0 S	-	0.3 E	-	0.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	18	16	-	10	-	10	6	12	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	-	1.4 E	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	5	6	-	6	3	4	4	4	4	-	3	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Prainha 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	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Prainha Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro
Rating	2	1	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	4	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.8 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	7	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	16	17	17	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	237	87	279	389	1368	625	877	483	455	222	403	288	447	523	961	711	2110	4397	3177	3345	3034	2437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:59AM 1.12				1:39PM 0.89				2:22AM 1.05				2:19PM 1.00				2:55AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)		8:08PM 0.10				7:54AM 0.23				8:47PM 0.06				8:28AM 0.26				8:33PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	22	22	22	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	22	23	22	21	20	19	17	20	22
Chill °C (?)	24	25	22	22	22	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	22	23	22	21	20	19	17	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-
Sunset	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 E	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.8 S	0.9 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	7	12	11	11	11	11	8	10	10	7	10	7	10	9	10	10	9	17	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.7 SW	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	7	7	13	8	8	10	7	10	7	7	16	16	17	17	-	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	-	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	4	-	7	11	-	11	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	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	Caravelas Rio de Janeiro	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Prainha 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	Arpoador Rio de Janeiro	Prainha Rio de Janeiro	Ilha Do Pontal Rio de Janeiro	Laje Rasa Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Praia Brava Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Ponta Negra (Quebra Mar) Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Praia Grande Rio de Janeiro	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro
Rating	2	1	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	4	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	7	7	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	170	83	127	168	218	186	224	284	279	163	387	106	172	544	1343	147	655	459	891	998	1124	877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											1:51AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)					7:24PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	24	23	24	23	22	22	22	23	23	24	23	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	23	24
Chill °C (?)	25	24	24	23	24	23	22	22	22	23	23	24	23	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	7	7	11	11	7	11	11	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	7	7	11	7	7	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	7	7	2	7	11	7	-	5	11	11	11	11

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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