Tropical Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.49° S 40.36° W

Tropical 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tropical sea temperature is
23.1° C
0.1° 

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 (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tropical at 1PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (11 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (11 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 26°C on Thu morning, min 18°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
14
0.8
SSE
14
0.7
SE
14
0.7
SE
14
2
S
15
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.8
SSE
13
0.8
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
13
0.9
SE
13
0.9
SE
13
0.9
SE
13
0.9
SE
13
0.8
SSE
13
0.8
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
257
250
200
203
1763
413
379
304
269
212
193
187
202
249
245
230
249
222
209
273
225
403
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
2:37PM1.46m
2:24AM1.46m
3:14PM1.49m
3:03AM1.54m
3:48PM1.47m
Low Tide
8:15AM-0.02m
8:41PM0.32m
8:57AM-0.08m
9:15PM0.28m
9:36AM-0.09m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:25
5:27
5:27
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
21
20
20
20
20
20
19
19
19
20
21
20
20
20
19
18
18
21
26
26
22
23
Feels °C
20
19
18
19
19
19
19
19
20
21
21
19
20
20
18
17
17
20
25
25
21
22
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