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          Barra da Tijuca Surf Report and Forecast

          Spot Location: South America > Brazil - South > South Brazil > Rio de Janeiro

          Current Surf Report for Barra da Tijuca

          All times BRT unless otherwise stated.

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          2-3ft

          Solid Star Solid Star

          Knee High - Waist High

          6mph Gentle, Cross-shore

          Primary Swell
          3.5ft at 11s130.08°

          ClearAir 73°fSea 73°f

          Today's Tide - Barra da TijucaToday's Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          High 3:41AM3.8ft
          Low10:23AM0.6ft
          High 4:19PM4ft
          Low10:58PM1.6ft
          First Light 5:58AM
          Sunrise 6:22AM
          Sunset 5:18PM
          Last Light 5:42PM

          Tide Location Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 17.8637184km away Help

          About Barra da Tijuca

          To the west of Rio is a region with a concentration of high-class hotels and condos and from Barra da Tijuca, a magnificent beach extends along Avenida Semambetiba up to Recreio. Further west is the cove at Prainha, which has summed up the Brazilian surf experience for decades and... more

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          Surf Forecasting help for Barra da Tijuca

          A detailed long range Barra da Tijuca Surf forecast, surf report and (where available) surf webcams. This surf forecast will be useful for both Barra da Tijuca and nearby surf spots in the Brazil - South area. The information here is carefully calibrated and checked, please do read the surf forecasting help information first which will give you a good idea how to start interpreting this information.

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             Edit Barra da Tijuca Surf Wind (+ Gusts)WeatherPrimary SwellSecondary SwellProb.
          Wed23/05 12am 3-4ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 5 7 mphOvercast70°f 4.5ft12s137.71°     N/A
          3am 3-4ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 4 5 mphClear68°f 4.5ft12s137.63°     100%
          6am 2-4ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 8 mphMostly Cloudy64°f 4ft12s136.95°     100%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 3 5 mphSunny64°f 4ft11s136.23°     100%
          12pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 3 4 mphSunny73°f 4ft11s135.09°     100%
          3pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 7 mphSunny75°f 3.5ft11s133.54°     100%
          6pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 9 mphClear73°f 3.5ft11s130.08°     100%
          9pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 7 9 mphClear72°f 3.5ft11s127.03°     100%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          High 3:41AM3.8ft
          Low10:23AM0.6ft
          High 4:19PM4ft
          Low10:58PM1.6ft
          First Light 5:58AM
          Sunrise 6:22AM
          Sunset 5:18PM
          Last Light 5:42PM
          Thu24/05 12am 1-2ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 8 mphMostly Clear68°f 3.5ft10s125.46° 0.2ft13s   100%
          3am 1-2ft Solid Star 6 9 mphMostly Clear64°f 3.5ft10s125.64° 0.3ft12s   100%
          6am 1-2ft Solid Star 7 10 mphOvercast63°f 3ft10s126.32° 0.3ft12s   100%
          9am 1-2ft Solid Star 6 8 mphOvercast64°f 3ft10s127.52° 0.4ft11s   100%
          12pm 1-2ft Solid Star 3 5 mphOvercast73°f 2.5ft10s128.29° 0.5ft11s   100%
          3pm 1-2ft Solid Star 6 9 mphOvercast75°f 2.5ft10s128.13° 0.6ft11s   100%
          6pm 1-2ft Solid Star 5 7 mphOvercast73°f 2.5ft10s126.18° 0.6ft11s   100%
          9pm 1-2ft Solid Star 4 6 mphOvercast72°f 2.5ft10s124.3° 0.6ft10s   100%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          High 4:15AM3.7ft
          Low10:50AM0.9ft
          High 5:01PM3.9ft
          First Light 5:58AM
          Sunrise 6:22AM
          Sunset 5:17PM
          Last Light 5:41PM
          Fri25/05 12am 1-2ft Solid Star 5 6 mphMostly Cloudy72°f 2.5ft9s122.49° 0.7ft10s   100%
          3am 1-2ft Solid Star 5 6 mphMostly Cloudy68°f 2.5ft9s121.9° 0.5ft10s   100%
          6am 1-2ft Solid Star 6 8 mphMostly Clear68°f 3ft9s121.65° 0.7ft10s   100%
          9am 1-2ft Solid Star 6 8 mphMostly Cloudy68°f 1.4ft9s139.98° 2.5ft7s   100%
          12pm 1-2ft Solid Star 5 9 mphThundery75°f 1.4ft9s139.76° 2.5ft8s   100%
          3pm 1-2ft Solid Star 3 5 mphThundery77°f 1.4ft9s139.69° 2.5ft7s   100%
          6pm 1ft 4 6 mphThunderstorms77°f 1.3ft9s139.46° 2.5ft7s   100%
          9pm 1ft 3 5 mphThunderstorms75°f 1.3ft9s139.5° 2.5ft7s   100%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          Low12:14AM1.9ft
          High 4:54AM3.6ft
          Low12:02PM1.1ft
          High 5:59PM3.8ft
          First Light 5:58AM
          Sunrise 6:23AM
          Sunset 5:17PM
          Last Light 5:41PM
          Sat26/05 12am 1ft 6 7 mphClear70°f 1.2ft9s139.69° 2ft8s   100%
          3am 1ft 6 8 mphClear68°f 1.2ft9s139.45° 2ft8s   100%
          6am 1ft 6 7 mphClear68°f 1.2ft9s139.07° 2ft7s   100%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star 5 6 mphSunny70°f 1.3ft13s185.81° 1.9ft7s   80%
          12pm 2ft Solid Star Solid Star 4 5 mphSunny75°f 1.5ft16s143.33° 1.8ft7s   80%
          3pm 2ft Solid Star Faded Star 7 8 mphSunny73°f 1.6ft16s142.77° 1.7ft7s   86%
          6pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 4 5 mphClear72°f 1.6ft12s188.48° 1.9ft15s   86%
          9pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 2 3 mphClear72°f 1.7ft12s187.97° 2ft15s   90%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          Low 1:20AM2ft
          High 5:49AM3.5ft
          Low 1:18PM1.2ft
          High 7:02PM3.7ft
          First Light 5:59AM
          Sunrise 6:23AM
          Sunset 5:17PM
          Last Light 5:41PM
          Sun27/05 12am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 2 3 mphClear70°f 1.8ft12s190.3° 2ft15s   90%
          3am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 3 4 mphClear70°f 1.8ft11s189.77° 2.5ft14s   100%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 3 4 mphClear70°f 2.5ft14s140.64° 1.8ft11s   100%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 2 3 mphSunny72°f 2.5ft14s140.63° 1.8ft11s   100%
          12pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 3
          mph
          Mostly Sunny73°f 2.5ft14s140.52° 1.6ft11s   100%
          3pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 5 mphMostly Sunny73°f 2.5ft14s140.45° 1.6ft10s   100%
          6pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 8 mphClear72°f 2.5ft14s140.14° 1.5ft10s   100%
          9pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 4 6 mphClear72°f 2.5ft13s140.24° 1.4ft10s   100%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          Low 2:07AM2.1ft
          High 6:55AM3.4ft
          Low 2:08PM1.3ft
          High 7:52PM3.6ft
          First Light 5:59AM
          Sunrise 6:23AM
          Sunset 5:17PM
          Last Light 5:41PM
          Mon28/05 12am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 9 mphMostly Clear70°f 2.5ft13s139.57° 1.4ft8s   100%
          3am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 7 mphMostly Cloudy70°f 2.5ft13s139.87° 1.4ft8s   100%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 8 mphOvercast68°f 2.5ft13s139.39° 1.3ft7s   100%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 7 mphMostly Cloudy70°f 2.5ft13s139.72° 1.6ft11s   100%
          12pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 4 5 mphThundery75°f 2.5ft13s139.27° 1.5ft11s   100%
          3pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 4 5 mphThunderstorms75°f 2ft13s140.04° 1.4ft11s   95%
          6pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 7 mphThunderstorms75°f 2ft13s139.32° 1.4ft10s   95%
          9pm 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 4 5 mphThunderstorms73°f 1.4ft13s177.84° 2ft13s   85%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          Low 3:13AM2.1ft
          High 7:48AM3.4ft
          Low 3:28PM1.3ft
          High 8:44PM3.4ft
          First Light 6:00AM
          Sunrise 6:24AM
          Sunset 5:17PM
          Last Light 5:41PM
          Tue29/05 12am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 6 mphMostly Cloudy72°f 1.5ft13s178.68° 2ft13s   85%
          3am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 7 mphMostly Clear70°f 1.8ft12s179.16° 1.9ft13s   65%
          6am 2-4ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 8 mphMostly Clear68°f 2ft12s183.72° 1.8ft13s   65%
          9am 2-4ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 8 mphMostly Sunny70°f 2ft12s183.49° 1.7ft13s 0.8ft7s 67%
          12pm 2-3ft Solid Star Faded Star 5 10 mphSunny77°f 2ft11s184.35° 1.9ft13s   67%
          3pm 2-3ft Faded Star Faded Star 8 12 mphSunny75°f 2ft11s184.26° 1.7ft13s 0.9ft4s 81%
          6pm 2-3ft Faded Star 5 9 mphMostly Clear73°f 2ft11s185.01° 1.5ft13s 1.3ft4s 81%
          9pm 2-3ft Solid Star 4 5 mphMostly Clear72°f 2ft11s185.14° 1.5ft5s   76%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          Low 4:46AM1.9ft
          High 8:47AM3.3ft
          Low 5:00PM1.2ft
          High10:06PM3.3ft
          First Light 6:00AM
          Sunrise 6:24AM
          Sunset 5:16PM
          Last Light 5:41PM

          Extended Surf Forecast for Rio de Janeiro Area

          Wed30/05 12am 3-4ft Solid Star Solid Star 1 1 mphMostly Clear72°f 3ft12s181.96° 1.3ft12s   76%
          3am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 7 10 mphMostly Clear72°f 2ft10s190.04° 2ft12s   44%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star Solid Star 7 10 mphMostly Clear72°f 2ft10s190.04° 2ft12s   44%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star 4 6 mphMostly Sunny72°f 2.5ft10s187.33° 1.3ft12s   51%
          12pm 2-3ft Solid Star 4 6 mphMostly Sunny72°f 2.5ft10s187.33° 1.3ft12s   51%
          3pm 4-6ft Solid Star Solid Star 3 4 mphMostly Sunny81°f 5ft10s197.37° 0.9ft12s   26%
          6pm 4-6ft Solid Star Solid Star 3 4 mphMostly Sunny81°f 5ft10s197.37° 0.9ft12s   26%
          9pm 2-3ft Solid Star 11 15 mphOvercast77°f 1.8ft9s187.87° 1.5ft7s   38%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          Low 5:34AM1.5ft
          High10:24AM3.3ft
          Low 5:51PM1ft
          High11:13PM3.3ft
          First Light 6:00AM
          Sunrise 6:25AM
          Sunset 5:16PM
          Last Light 5:41PM
          Thu31/05 12am 2-3ft Solid Star 11 15 mphOvercast77°f 1.8ft9s187.87° 1.5ft7s   38%
          3am 3-5ft Solid Star Solid Star 13 18 mphMostly Clear72°f 4.5ft9s187.14° 0.6ft8s   25%
          6am 3-5ft Solid Star Solid Star 13 18 mphMostly Clear72°f 4.5ft9s187.14° 0.6ft8s   25%
          9am 3-4ft Solid Star 6 8 mphRain72°f 3.5ft8s189.58° 1.7ft12s   28%
          12pm 3-4ft Solid Star 6 8 mphRain72°f 3.5ft8s189.58° 1.7ft12s   28%
          3pm 3-5ft Faded Star Faded Star 11 15 mphBrief Showers72°f 5ft9s194.39° 0.8ft7s   23%
          6pm 3-5ft Faded Star Faded Star 11 15 mphBrief Showers72°f 5ft9s194.39° 0.8ft7s   23%
          9pm 5-8ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 6 8 mphBrief Showers68°f 7ft12s184.23°     25%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          Low 6:13AM1.1ft
          High11:33AM3.5ft
          Low 6:38PM0.9ft
          High11:53PM3.3ft
          First Light 6:01AM
          Sunrise 6:25AM
          Sunset 5:16PM
          Last Light 5:40PM
          Fri01/06 12am 5-8ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 6 8 mphBrief Showers68°f 7ft12s184.23°     25%
          3am 6-9ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 4 6 mphBrief Showers68°f 7.5ft12s182.55°     38%
          6am 6-9ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 4 6 mphBrief Showers68°f 7.5ft12s182.55°     38%
          9am 6-9ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 4 6 mphDrizzle66°f 8ft12s181.36°     41%
          12pm 6-9ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 4 6 mphDrizzle66°f 8ft12s181.36°     41%
          3pm 6-9ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 9 13 mphDrizzle66°f 8ft12s190.68°     43%
          6pm 6-9ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 9 13 mphDrizzle66°f 8ft12s190.68°     43%
          9pm 6-9ft Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star Solid Star 2 3 mphBrief Showers68°f 7.5ft12s179.22°     44%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Barra da Tijuca
          Low 6:55AM0.8ft
          High12:22PM3.7ft
          Low 7:34PM0.9ft
          First Light 6:01AM
          Sunrise 6:26AM
          Sunset 5:16PM
          Last Light 5:40PM

          Next Update Expected: 5hrs
          Last Model Run: 23 May 09:00:00AM local time (BRT). 23 May 12:00:00PM GMT.

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