Arugam Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(East Sri Lanka)
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Arugam Bay Spot ID
Type: point
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell SE | Wind NNW
Sea Temperature Today is: 28.4 °C
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| 8:30PM | 11:30PM | 2:30AM | 5:30AM | |
| Wave (m) |
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SSE |
SSE |
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| Period (s) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | cross- on |
cross | cross- off |
cross- off |
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Aragum Bay in SE is an exposed point break that has reasonably consistent surf The best wind direction is from the north northwest. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the south. Sometimes crowded. Take care of coral.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
At Arugam Bay (0 km).
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Arugam Bay Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Pottuvil, 5 km from Arugam Bay.
light winds from the SE km/h |  Lightning visible, no thunder heard | Air temperature 28.2 °C |
Overall Arugam Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in November
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Also see Arugam Bay surf quality by season and Arugam Bay surf quality by month.
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Visitor Reviews of Arugam Bay
“I agree with the above, although we had a 2m swell roll through whilst I was there and it was heaps of fun some great walls and barrel sections at the right spots to be had. Other than that, most of the time, 2-4ft slow waves with heaps of people and a lot of learners. Shameless drop ins and boards flying everywhere due to people not knowing how to duck dive (even locals).
Expensive to stay there although the places are of good quality.
Most of the locals we have met have a cash grab attitude, they are not very hospitable and they only speak or do stuff for you for money in return.
Bring your own surfboard, zinc, sun screen, wax, leg ropes, ding repair kit! Else you may get stung getting any of the above. (Some places sell sun screen for 24$, a bar of wax is 8$) I guess because they can.
Overall it is an ok place to come and surf, less crowds than Indo in June/July but more expensive and the wave quality is very different.”
Rich from SRI LANKA - 07 Jun 2017
Click here to read 5 more review(s) of Arugam Bay or submit your own
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Arugam Bay:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break2 mi
- Second closest break3 mi
- Third closest break4 mi
- Fourth closest break4 mi
- Fifth closest break17 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Arugam Bay:
- Closest wave buoy3048 mi
- Second closest wave buoy3128 mi
- Third closest wave buoy3298 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy3317 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy3362 mi
Tide stations nearest to Arugam Bay:
- Closest tide station40 mi
- Second closest tide station67 mi
- Third closest tide station91 mi
- Fourth closest tide station109 mi
- Fifth closest tide station115 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Arugam Bay:
- Closest ski areaAuli (India)1647 mi
- Second closest ski areaKufri (India)1712 mi
- Third closest ski areaManali (Himachal Heli-Ski) (India)1783 mi
- Fourth closest ski area1787 mi
- Fifth closest ski areaGulmarg (India)1940 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Arugam Bay:
- Closest city location40 mi
- Second closest city location55 mi
- Third closest city location61 mi
- Fourth closest city location73 mi
- Fifth closest city location86 mi
Airports
- The nearest passenger airport to Arugam Bay is Amparai (Galoya) Airport (GOY) in Sri Lanka, which is 60 km (37 miles) away (directly).
- The second closest airport to Arugam Bay is China Bay (Trinciomalee) Airport (TRR), also in Sri Lanka, 202 km (125 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Arugam Bay, East. Use the tab navigation above to view Arugam Bay sea temperature, Arugam Bay photographs, Arugam Bay detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Arugam Bay webcams, current wind from East live weather stations and Arugam Bay tide predictions. The Sri Lanka swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Sri Lanka and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Sri Lanka wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Arugam Bay.
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