Akkarai Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 12.90° N 80.25° E

Akkarai Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Akkarai Beach sea temperature is
28.8° C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Akkarai Beach today (17 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Akkarai Beach at 10PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)--
Afternoon (17 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (17 Jul)4ft (1.2m)7s

Table - waves today at Akkarai Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 34°C on Sun morning, min 27°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
7
1
S
7
1.1
S
7
1.3
S
7
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SE
7
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
6
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.6
S
5
1
S
5
0.7
SSE
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.8
S
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
57
97
107
145
74
63
52
34
25
19
14
14
20
55
28
21
43
28
34
30
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
S
20
SW
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
15
NW
15
ENE
15
SE
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
S
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
10:46PM0.89m
10:57AM1.09m
11:32PM0.87m
11:35AM1.02m
Low Tide
4:49PM0.08m
4:38AM0.16m
5:29PM0.11m
5:21AM0.24m
6:08PM0.15m
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cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:38
6:38
6:38
 mm
1
Temp °C
29
31
29
29
27
27
28
31
33
31
29
29
29
30
31
34
32
29
29
29
Feels °C
31
33
29
28
27
27
28
30
34
32
31
30
30
30
30
34
34
30
31
30
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