Tropical Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.49° S 40.36° W

Tropical 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 09 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tropical sea temperature is
23.0° C
0.0° 

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 (09 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tropical at 9AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am August 09). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (09 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (09 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 32°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
9
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
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
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
13
0.3
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
16
0.4
SE
15
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SE
13
1.2
S
6
0.7
SSE
14
0.8
SSE
14
0.8
SSE
14
0.8
SSE
14
1.5
S
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
15
0.8
SSE
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
29
50
57
82
80
80
73
70
70
70
69
67
63
46
89
175
264
257
250
525
467
1275
261
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
5
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
1:07PM1.31m
00:57AM1.22m
1:56PM1.40m
1:43AM1.35m
2:37PM1.46m
Low Tide
6:32AM0.23m
7:19PM0.44m
7:28AM0.09m
8:03PM0.37m
8:15AM-0.02m
8:41PM0.32m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:25
5:25
5:25
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
23
22
22
27
32
29
26
25
23
21
21
23
25
24
22
22
22
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
Feels °C
23
21
21
25
28
27
25
24
26
23
23
24
25
23
21
21
22
20
21
20
20
21
21
22
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