Tropical Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.49° S 40.36° W

Tropical 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 23 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tropical sea temperature is
22.2°C
0.7° 

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 (23 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tropical at 6PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)--
Afternoon (23 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (23 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 25°C on Wed morning, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
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)
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.6
E
7
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SE
13
0.8
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
14
0.8
SSE
14
0.8
SSE
14
0.8
SSE
14
0.8
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
44
43
42
40
40
40
42
47
44
201
312
316
294
282
286
261
261
253
253
312
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
0
NW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
E
5
E
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
12:52PM1.13m
00:40AM1.11m
1:28PM1.23m
1:18AM1.23m
2:00PM1.32m
Low Tide
7:00PM0.54m
7:06AM0.29m
7:32PM0.45m
7:42AM0.18m
8:01PM0.37m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:30
5:30
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
22
23
22
21
21
21
21
21
22
23
22
22
21
21
21
22
23
23
22
22
Feels °C
24
23
23
22
23
24
24
23
24
24
24
25
23
23
24
25
24
25
24
24
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