Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.49° S 40.36° W

Tropical 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tropical sea temperature is
23.7°C
0.3° 

Tropical surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tropical today (05 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 14s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tropical at 5PM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)--
Afternoon (05 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (05 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

Table - waves today at Tropical. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun morning).

Thu
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
7
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
13
0.3
ESE
7
0.2
ESE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
SSE
8
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SSE
8
1
NE
5
1.4
NE
6
0.3
SSE
7
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
8
8
8
7
7
10
15
23
35
32
31
23
23
12
29
21
57
131
10
10
10
10
Wind (km/h)
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
SW
10
W
5
SW
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
15
NE
25
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
5
SW
10
NNE
15
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:40PM1.30m
00:45AM1.37m
1:10PM1.34m
1:24AM1.42m
1:40PM1.37m
2:01AM1.45m
Low Tide
6:47PM0.33m
7:09AM0.20m
7:22PM0.24m
7:44AM0.20m
7:55PM0.16m
part cloud
part cloud
clear
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
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12
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Temp °C
30
29
27
23
24
24
24
26
27
26
24
24
24
24
24
24
28
29
26
25
24
24
24
Feels °C
30
29
28
23
26
27
28
30
30
29
27
27
28
28
28
26
29
28
24
25
27
27
26
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