Beach forecast for Copacabana
Today, Thursday, October 29, 2026 · local time (GMT-3) · Río de Janeiro, Brazil Today, Thu, Oct 29 · GMT-3- Swimming
- Use care · 3.6 ft
- Water
- 75 °F · nice
- Max UV
- 6 · SPF 30
- Low tide
- 11:46 am and 11:50 pm
Today, Thursday, October 29, it's a poor beach day in Copacabana (3/10). The best day this week is Wednesday, November 4, at 7/10.
Beach forecast for the next 7 days
| Day | Rating | Best hours | Swimming | Water | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 3Poor beach day | Not today | Use care · 3.6 ft | 75 °F | 6 |
| Fri 30 | 5Fair beach day | 11:00 am–3:00 pm | Use care · 3.3 ft | 75 °F | 10 |
| Sat 31 | 5Fair beach day | 10:00 am–3:00 pm | Use care · 3.4 ft | 75 °F | 7 |
| Sun 1 | 5Fair beach day | 11:00 am–3:00 pm | Use care · 3.0 ft | 77 °F | 7 |
| Mon 2 | 6Fair beach day | 8:00 am–1:00 pm | Use care · 3.0 ft | 77 °F | 6 |
| Tue 3 | 6Fair beach day | 8:00–11:00 am3:00–6:00 pm | Use care · 3.0 ft | 78 °F | — |
| Wed 4 | 7Good beach day | 6:00–11:00 am4:00–6:00 pm | Calm · 2.4 ft | 79 °F | — |
Each rating comes from sun, temperature, rain, wind, waves, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide.
Today in detail
- Feels like 81 °F: beach weather
- Almost no wind
- UV 6 (moderate): SPF 30 sunscreen
- Water at 75 °F (nice)
- Low tide at 11:46 am: more sand
- Cloudy (98% cloud cover)
Today, hour by hour
- Swimming Use care · 3.6 ft
3.6 ft waves every 7 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. Moderate rip current risk. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
- Water 75 °F
Nice for swimming.
- Sun & sunscreen UV 6 · SPF 30
Max UV 6 (moderate): SPF 30 sunscreen, reapplied every 2 hours.
- Wind 2 mph
Almost no wind.
- Tide & sand 11:46 am
Low tide at 11:46 am and 11:50 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide at 4:41 am and 4:20 pm.
We don't have data on jellyfish, sargassum or beach closures: ask the lifeguard or check with the local beach authority.
Today, hour by hour
| Time | Rating | Sky | Feels like | Wind | Waves | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 am | 2 | Overcast | 72 °F | 1 mph | 3.5 ft | 0 |
| 7:00 am | 3 | Overcast | 72 °F | 1 mph | 3.5 ft | 1 |
| 8:00 am | 3 | Overcast | 73 °F | 1 mph | 3.5 ft | 3 |
| 9:00 am | 3 | Overcast | 74 °F | 1 mph | 3.4 ft | 6 |
| 10:00 am | 4 | Overcast | 77 °F | 1 mph | 3.3 ft | 5 |
| 11:00 am | 4 | Overcast | 80 °F | 0 mph | 3.3 ft | 4 |
| 12:00 pm | 2 | Overcast | 81 °F | 0 mph | 3.3 ft | 4 |
| 1:00 pm | 2 | Drizzle | 81 °F | 1 mph | 3.3 ft | 4 |
| 2:00 pm | 1 | Drizzle | 80 °F | 2 mph | 3.3 ft | 4 |
| 3:00 pm | 0 | Drizzle | 79 °F | 2 mph | 3.4 ft | 2 |
| 4:00 pm | 0 | Drizzle | 79 °F | 0 mph | 3.5 ft | 1 |
| 5:00 pm | 0 | Drizzle | 78 °F | 2 mph | 3.6 ft | 0 |
Beach hours only: from one hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset.
Beaches near Copacabana
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- Copacabana Beach 0.5 mi · SE
- Lifeguard
- Restrooms
- Showers
- Parking
- Praia do Leme 1.1 mi · E
- Lifeguard
- Restrooms
- Parking
- Praia do Diabo 1.5 mi · S
- Restrooms
- Parking
- Praia do Arpoador 1.5 mi · S
- Restrooms
- Parking
- Praia Vermelha 1.6 mi · NE
- Restrooms
- Showers
- Parking
- Botafogo Beach 1.7 mi · N
- Parking
- Praia de Ipanema 1.8 mi · SW
- Restrooms
- Parking
- Urca Beach 2.0 mi · NE
Named beaches within 6.2 mi, nearest first. Amenities from OpenStreetMap: some may be missing or out of date. View on OpenStreetMap · Add or fix on OpenStreetMap
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How we rate a beach day
We rate every beach hour from 0 to 10 with simple, fixed rules:
- Adds: sunshine (up to 3 points, fewer with more clouds), warmth (up to 4, from the feels-like temperature; ideal between 81 °F and 91 °F), a calm sea (1), water at 70 °F or warmer (1; from 64 °F, half) and low or mid tide (1: more sand). Anything without data is left out and the rest is scaled to 10.
- Takes away: cold (feels-like below 64 °F, 1 to 4 points), rain (half a point if likely, up to 6 if it rains; thunderstorms, 8), wind from force 4, about 12 mph (1 to 6 points; half a point more if offshore, which blows inflatables out to sea, or onshore, which churns the water), waves (1 to swim with care, 4 if dangerous, 1 more for high rip current risk), very high UV (half a point; extreme, 1), water below 59 °F (1) and spring high tides (1: little sand left).
- Swimming: calm, use care (waves from 2.6 ft, or long swell) or dangerous (from 6.6 ft, or 4.9 ft with a long period), based on how much of the wave reaches this shore given the way it faces. In the U.S., today's and tomorrow's rip current risk comes from the National Weather Service surf zone forecast when it issues one; otherwise we estimate it from the waves.
- Best windows: runs of 2 to 5 hours rated 4 or more and close to the best hour, at least one hour apart.
- Day rating: the average of the best window; a 2-hour window keeps 85% of it and a 3-hour window 95%.
Today, in the best window: sun 0 of 3, warmth 3 of 4, calm sea 0 of 1, water 1 of 1 and tide 1 of 1; minus waves 1; short window: the rating keeps 85%.
It's a guide, not a guarantee: weather changes and every beach is different. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
Questions about the beach in Copacabana
Is it a beach day in Copacabana today?
A poor beach day: 3/10. No good beach time today.
What are the swimming conditions in Copacabana today?
3.6 ft waves every 7 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. Moderate rip current risk. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
How warm is the water in Copacabana?
About 75 °F today: nice. That's the sea surface temperature offshore; it can differ a little at the shoreline.
How much sun protection do I need in Copacabana today?
UV reaches 6 (moderate): SPF 30 sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat.
When is low tide in Copacabana?
Today low tide is at 11:46 am and 11:50 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide is at 4:41 am and 4:20 pm.
What about tomorrow? Will it be a beach day in Copacabana?
Tomorrow, Friday, October 30: a fair beach day (5/10), best from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
What beaches are near Copacabana?
Copacabana Beach (0.5 mi), Praia do Leme (1.1 mi), Praia do Diabo (1.5 mi), Praia do Arpoador (1.5 mi) and Praia Vermelha (1.6 mi). See below for amenities and water quality.
Are there jellyfish or sargassum today?
We don't know: there's no open data on jellyfish, sargassum or closures for each beach. Ask the lifeguard, check the flags or the local beach authority's website.
How is the rating worked out?
From the hourly forecast: sun and clouds, feels-like temperature, rain, wind (and whether it blows onshore or offshore), waves and their period, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide. Each factor adds or takes away a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.
More about Copacabana today
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Our own calculation, using the Open-Meteo forecast (ECMWF, NOAA GFS, Météo-France, Copernicus Marine and CAMS, CC BY 4.0), the tide from Rio de Janeiro (TICON-4) and the sun from astronomy-engine. Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data