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southy, Seaside Heights/Casino Pier

4:31 pm 27 Jan 2012

Sri Lanka, Aragum Bay

4:05 pm 27 Aug 2010

Kogalla ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Kogalla Surf Forecast / Sri-Lanka – SW / Sri Lanka

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 22 pm Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

Kogalla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Wave Energy Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.8
SSW
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Period (s) (?) 13 12 12 12 11 11 10 12 12 12 12 11 16 15 15 14 14 13
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Max-energy 183 172 161 106 70 69 43 37 35 34 34 31 63 93 84 81 104 70
Wind
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ENE 0
E 5
W 5
ESE 15
E 10
ESE 10
ENE 5
ENE 0
S 5
E 5
ENE 10
WSW 5
SE 5
SSE 10
SSW 5
ENE 5
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Kogalla blow from the NNE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Kogalla sea temperature is 27.8 °C (Statistics for 15 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 28.3 max: 28.8 min: 27.7 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon Very warm air temperatures (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 25°C on Wed night) Wind will be generally light Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Tue morning Warm air temperatures (max 28°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Sat night) Wind will be generally light
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Summary rain shwrs clear rain shwrs rain shwrs clear rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear clear some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs
Rain (mm) 1 - 3 2 - 1 - - - - - - - 5 14 6 16 5
High °C 25 28 28 26 29 30 27 28 29 27 28 28 26 27 27 27 27 27
Low °C 25 26 27 25 26 28 25 26 27 25 25 27 25 26 27 25 25 27
Chill °C (?) 25 28 28 26 29 30 27 28 29 27 28 28 26 27 27 27 27 27
Sunrise - 5:54 - - 5:54 - - 5:54 - - 5:54 - - 5:52 - - 5:52 -
Sunset - - 17:50 - - 17:51 - - 17:51 - - 17:51 - - 17:51 - - 17:51
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Kogalla is 10 km (6 miles) from Galle. If you plan a holiday in South West, look for hotels and other accommodation in Galle. Galle has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.