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Praia do Xexé

Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

IntermediateBeach break-22.016, -40.998

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Praia do Xexé is a SE-facing sand beach on the Brazil shoreline, opening onto the Coastal Waters — it catches E–S swell, and offshore W–N winds tidy the banks through year-round.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~22.8°C (73°F) on average

Jan

24.4°C

75.9°F · 22.1–26.1°C

Feb

24.9°C

76.8°F · 22.8–27.4°C

Mar

25.5°C

77.9°F · 24–27.1°C

Apr

25.4°C

77.7°F · 24.2–26.8°C

May

24°C

75.2°F · 22.4–25.6°C

Jun

23.4°C

74.1°F · 22.2–24.6°C

Jul

22.5°C

72.5°F · 20.6–23.6°C

Aug

22.2°C

72°F · 21–23.5°C

Sep

22.2°C

72°F · 20.8–23.2°C

Oct

22.8°C

73°F · 21.8–24.1°C

Nov

23.6°C

74.5°F · 22.8–25.1°C

Dec

24.4°C

75.9°F · 22.5–25.8°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

E–S

Best wind

W–N

Break type

Beach break

Best season

Year-round

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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