Búzios tide times

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.

Model-derived from a global ocean grid. Useful indication; expect about ±45 minutes on average vs. a local harmonic gauge, individual stations vary widely. See /methodology for per-region detail. Not for navigation.

Conditions as of 20:00 local time. Refreshes daily.

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.

The angler tradition for major/minor fishing windows: major ≈3-hour windows around moon transit and opposition; minor ≈2-hour windows around moonrise and moonset. Times are America/Sao Paulo local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Next spring tide on Mon 04 May (range 0.9m). Next neap on Fri 08 May.

Spring tides cluster around new and full moons (biggest swings). Neap tides land on quarter moons (smallest swings). See the spring tide and neap tide glossary entries for the why.

Búzios (Armação dos Búzios) is a peninsula 170 kilometres east of Rio de Janeiro, with 23 beaches distributed around its three sides — some facing the sheltered bay on the north, others facing the open Atlantic to the south and east. The town became internationally known after Brigitte Bardot spent time there in the 1960s, transforming it from a fishing village into Brazil's 'Saint-Tropez'. Tidal range is semidiurnal with a mean spring range of about 0.5 to 0.7 metres. The peninsula's different orientations create beaches for every condition. Geriba and Ferradura on the south and east faces pick up Atlantic south and northeast swell — these are the surf beaches with consistent 1 to 2 metre beach break year-round. Joao Fernandes and Joao Fernandinho on the northwest face are sheltered from the swell and ideal for snorkelling in clear, calm water. Ossos and the Orla Bardot (the waterfront promenade) on the north side face the protected bay. Snorkelling at Joao Fernandes and at the Tartaruga beach (north side) is in clear, warm water (24 to 26°C from December through March) with good fish diversity — snapper, wrasse, parrotfish, and occasional green sea turtle. The turtles are the attraction — Tartaruga (Portuguese for turtle) is named for them. The island of Tartaruga, accessible by boat, has a more concentrated turtle population. Fishing from Búzios is for sport and table: the open Atlantic east of the peninsula produces mahi-mahi (dourado), wahoo (atum), and yellowfin tuna on trolling from charter boats. Shore fishing from the rocky points on the east side targets snapper and the occasional robalo (snook). The town centre on Rua das Pedras (Cobblestone Street) is a pedestrian strip of restaurants, boutiques, and bars. Búzios is expensive by Brazilian standards; weekend and peak season (December through February) is crowded with visitors from Rio. The shoulder season (April through June, September through November) offers better value and similar weather. Predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo Marine, a gridded global ocean model. Accuracy is typically within plus or minus 45 minutes on timing and 0.2 to 0.3 metres on height — model-derived, not from a local gauge. For Brazilian tide data, consult the DHN at mar.mil.br/dhn.