Elephant Rock Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(East Sri Lanka)
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Elephant Rock Spot ID
Type: point
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell ESE | Wind NW
Sea Temperature Today is: 28.1 °C
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Period (s) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
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Wind State | glass | glass | cross- off |
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Elephant Rock in East Sri Lanka is a fairly exposed point break that has fairly consistent surf Offshore winds are from the northwest and there is no shelter here from cross shore breezes. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the east southeast. No point break here. Good surf at all stages of the tide. An uncrowded break, even when it is working.
Tide Times:
For Arugam Bay, 4 km from Elephant Rock.
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Elephant Rock Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Mattala Rajapaks, 96 km from Elephant Rock.
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Overall Elephant Rock Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in February



The figure shows the range of swells directed at Elephant Rock through an average Febru... (show all text)

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The two graphs above are also combined in the single Elephant Rock surf consistency graph.
Also see Elephant Rock surf quality by season and Elephant Rock surf quality by month.
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Use this relief map to navigate to East surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Elephant Rock
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Elephant Rock:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break2 mi
- Second closest break6 mi
- Third closest break7 mi
- Fourth closest break7 mi
- Fifth closest break14 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Elephant Rock:
- Closest wave buoy3050 mi
- Second closest wave buoy3131 mi
- Third closest wave buoy3301 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy3319 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy3365 mi
Tide stations nearest to Elephant Rock:
- Closest tide station42 mi
- Second closest tide station69 mi
- Third closest tide station89 mi
- Fourth closest tide station106 mi
- Fifth closest tide station112 mi

Ski Resorts closest to Elephant Rock:
- Closest ski areaAuli (India)1649 mi
- Second closest ski areaKufri (India)1714 mi
- Third closest ski areaManali (Himachal Heli-Ski) (India)1786 mi
- Fourth closest ski area1789 mi
- Fifth closest ski areaGulmarg (India)1942 mi

Town and city forecasts close to Elephant Rock:
- Closest city location42 mi
- Second closest city location55 mi
- Third closest city location63 mi
- Fourth closest city location72 mi
- Fifth closest city location86 mi
Airports
- The nearest passenger airport to Elephant Rock is Amparai (Galoya) Airport (GOY) in Sri Lanka, which is 63 km (39 miles) away (directly).
- The second closest airport to Elephant Rock is China Bay (Trinciomalee) Airport (TRR), also in Sri Lanka, 205 km (127 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Elephant Rock, East. Use the tab navigation above to view Elephant Rock sea temperature, Elephant Rock photographs, Elephant Rock detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Elephant Rock webcams, current wind from East live weather stations and Elephant Rock 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 Elephant Rock.