Secret spot?We can hide it! Matara Surf Forecast / Sri-Lanka – SW / Sri Lanka2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 16 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012Matara surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Max-energy | 604 | 469 | 487 | 559 | 499 | 293 | 322 | 457 | 364 | 389 | 331 | 352 | 659 | 1192 | 1199 | 1139 | 857 | 659 | ||||||
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Matara blow from the NNW
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Today's Matara sea temperature is 28.2 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 28.3 max: 29.6 min: 27.1 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm air temperatures (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 27°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Fri morning. Very warm air temperatures (max 30°C on Sat morning, min 27°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| High °C | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 28 | ||||||
| Low °C | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 28 | ||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | 5:22 | ||||||
| Sunset | 17:50 | - | - | 17:50 | - | - | 17:50 | - | - | 17:50 | - | - | 17:50 | - | - | 17:51 | - | - | ||||||
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Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Matara surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
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Information about the Matara Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Matara provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 2-7 days. A general guide to surfing at Matara can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Matara surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Matara) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Matara may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Matara is 2 km (1 miles) from Matara. If you plan a holiday in South West, look for hotels and other accommodation in Matara. Matara has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.
