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Armação dos Búzios, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: Newton paz peres, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Praia Rasa

Sailing spot · Brazil

Is it worth the trip?

32Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 3: 11 kn gusting 22, onshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 12 knF4
Gusts
24kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
26°C

Tue 3 · 55 out of 100

Wind
NE 11 knF4
Gusts
22kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
30°C

Wed 4 · 22 out of 100

Wind
E 8 knF3
Gusts
19kn
Shore
side-on
Water
chop
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 12 out of 100

Wind
NE 7 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
34°C

Fri 6 · 50 out of 100

Wind
SW 9 knF3
Gusts
20kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 31 out of 100

Wind
NE 11 knF4
Gusts
19kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
31°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SW 15 knF4
Gusts
26kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
27°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 189, good
  2. Mon 246, fair
  3. Tue 383, good
  4. Wed 433, poor
  5. Thu 517, poor
  6. Fri 673, good
  7. Sat 746, fair
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 993, good
  10. Tue 1078, good

The spot in six facts

  • Faces NEopen to the NE
  • Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 23 °C2 mm shorty
  • Best Aug–Oct5 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Praia Rasa
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov89, goodwind from the east, 11 knotsF422knside-onchop26°C
Mon 2Nov46, fairwind from the north-east, 12 knotsF424knonchop26°C
Tue 3Nov83, goodwind from the north-east, 11 knotsF422knonchop30°C
Wed 4Nov33, poorwind from the east, 8 knotsF319knside-onchop28°C
Thu 5Nov17, poorwind from the north-east, 7 knotsF316knonchop34°C
Fri 6Nov73, goodwind from the south-west, 9 knotsF320knoffnot safechop27°C
Sat 7Nov46, fairwind from the north-east, 11 knotsF419knonchop31°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 15 knotsF426knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves27°C
Mon 9Nov93, goodwind from the south-south-west, 11 knotsF422knoffnot safechop25°C
Tue 10Nov78, goodwind from the south-east, 10 knotsF321knsidechop24°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovLow 01:28 −0.4 mHigh 08:53 +0.2 mLow 14:39 −0.0 mHigh 18:55 +0.2 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 03:02 −0.4 mHigh 10:56 +0.3 mLow 16:03 −0.1 mHigh 21:12 +0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:21 −0.4 mHigh 11:46 +0.3 mLow 17:01 −0.1 mHigh 22:53 +0.3 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best Aug–Oct

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug5of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep5of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

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More sailing near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Praia Rasa

Known for kitesurfing and sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 23°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.9 km out (1 in 294). The sea is about 21°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 25°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually August, September and October, with about 5 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Armação dos Búzios. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$971–US$1,880 each

about US$971–US$1,880 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to GIG, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$569–US$1,180
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$174–US$295
Food7 days eating outabout US$161–US$295
Totalabout US$971–US$1,880

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Armação dos Búzios

Closest

Armação dos Búzios

11 min by car · 417 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 417 places to stay in Armação dos Búzios · Booking.com

About Armação dos Búzios its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 21h 25m

About 21h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → GIG, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), then 2h 45m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.