Spot guide
Arpoador is an SSE-facing beach break in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It picks up swell from E to WSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 34% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNW: light winds or NNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SSE (158°)
- Best swell
- SE to SW (140°–220°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- WNW to NNE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–8 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- E to WSW (89° to 240.5°)
- Offshore wind
- NNW
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet