
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Akkarai Beach today (04 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Akkarai Beach at 11PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (04 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 5s |
| Evening (04 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Akkarai Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 34°C on Wed afternoon, min 29°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Fri morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | S 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | S 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | S 6 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | SSE 5 |
Wave Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 34 | 40 | 42 | 22 | 27 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 110 | 86 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 34 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 00:13AM0.90m | 12:02PM0.89m | 1:09AM0.87m | 12:51PM0.81m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:51PM0.12m | 6:06AM0.32m | 6:33PM0.14m | 7:04AM0.38m | 7:27PM0.17m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:34 | — | — | |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 30 |
Feels °C | 34 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | — | — | SE 8 | — | — | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | S 5 | SE 10 | SE 9 | — | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 9 | SSE 5 |
11 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 42 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | — | 40 | 37 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 34 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | S 16 | S 9 | — | S 16 | S 16 | — | E 10 | — | — | S 15 | S 14 | — | — | E 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | — | — |
3 | 5 | 2 | — | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 16 | SE 10 | — | — | — | S 14 | — | — | — | — | S 22 | S 21 | S 21 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 5 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | S 5 | SSE 6 | SSW 6 | — | S 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | S 6 | S 6 | — | — | WSW 2 | SW 3 | S 5 | SW 4 |
— | 19 | 15 | 17 | 34 | 40 | 104 | — | 27 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 110 | 86 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 32 | 21 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 319 | 319 | 319 | 319 | 542 | 319 | 542 | 557 | 32 | 728 | 319 | 471 | 471 | 471 | 542 | 631 | 32 | 471 | 471 | 471 |
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