Tropical Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.49° S 40.36° W

Tropical 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tropical sea temperature is
22.5°C
0.5° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tropical at 3AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (04 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Fri morning, min 19°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
12
0.9
SSE
12
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.7
SE
12
0.7
SE
12
1.4
NE
5
1.3
NE
6
0.6
SSE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.6
E
8
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
277
265
273
264
264
193
205
147
140
115
115
82
60
58
57
51
28
27
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
5
NNE
15
ESE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:58PM1.04m
8:28AM1.07m
8:29PM0.95m
10:47AM1.08m
Low Tide
1:40AM0.43m
3:04PM0.67m
3:39AM0.45m
5:12PM0.64m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:32
 mm
Temp °C
21
20
19
19
19
23
28
26
23
23
22
22
22
26
26
25
24
23
Feels °C
20
19
18
18
18
21
25
24
22
23
22
22
22
29
27
23
23
23
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