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· updated 10 hours agoThe week begins with a fading south-southeast swell around 2m at 8-9 seconds under strong to moderate south wind, building slightly through Friday as a secondary east-northeast influence emerges. Saturday peaks with a 2-3m south swell at 10-11 seconds under light to strong southeast to north-northeast wind, marking the week’s peak. Sunday sees a mixed east-northeast and south-southeast swell at 7-11 seconds under strong to light north-northeast to northwest wind, before a steady east-northeast swell holds through Monday with moderate south to east wind. Midweek maintains a building east-northeast swell near 2m at 8-9 seconds under moderate to strong east-northeast to southeast wind, while late week shifts to a dominant east-southeast swell with heavy wind-sea influence under strong to moderate east-southeast to east-northeast wind. The following weekend brings a
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About Florianópolis
Florianópolis is the capital of Santa Catarina and Brazil’s southern surf hub, an island city fringed by east-coast beach breaks open to the South Atlantic. Joaquina, the open beach with the dune at its north end, is the spiritual home of Brazilian surfing. Praia Mole, a few kilometres north, is the hollow crescent tucked between two headlands. Barra da Lagoa, just past Mole, is the school-zone strip.
The working window is April through September, when cold fronts off the roaring forties push south to south-east swell onto the east coast. The east beaches need 0.8 to 3 m at 9 s or longer. Northwest is offshore; north is clean. South wind shuts the coast down. The classic day is a south-east swell with north or north-west wind behind a passing front. July is the statistical peak.
Water runs 17 to 20 °C in August, 24 to 28 °C by March. A 3/2 covers winter, boardies and a rashie the rest. Joaquina and Praia Mole both want intermediate ability on size; hollow takeoffs and rip currents that build through a long-period swell. Crowds thin on weekdays, packed on weekends. Canto do Gravatá, the south corner of Mole, wakes up on heavy southerlies and runs as a local peak. On a soft or onshore day, the south-end beaches (Matadeiro, Pântano do Sul) wrap cleaner.