Animals Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Animals surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 01 Oct 2025 +0530

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's Animals sea temperature is 28.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Animals today?

The current surf forecast for Animals at 11AM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:30am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Afternoon (01 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	19s
Evening (01 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	19s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Friday 03
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	128	144	124	154	325	422	672	885	1226	1488	1579	1755	1932	1756	1904	1756	1821	1910	1843	1487	1451	1433	1273	1040
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:42AM 0.33						1:29AM 0.31				12:01PM 0.38				12:58AM 0.37				12:32PM 0.43
Low Tide / height (m)							6:59PM 0.20				6:08AM 0.26				6:43PM 0.15				6:35AM 0.19				6:55PM 0.10

	Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Friday 03
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	28	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	27	29	29	28	27	26
Feels °C (?)	28	29	28	29	29	28	30	30	27	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	30	31	30	30	30	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Wind reports 86 km away suggest it is still onshore at Animals (moderate winds from the SW at Hambantota). 1.2m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.8m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 37 minutes ago Animals

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