Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Animals today (26 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Animals at 7PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (+0530) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 Oct) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 7s |
| Evening (26 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Animals. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 82mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 28°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 26 | Tuesday 27 | Wednesday 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
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) | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SSW 12 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 249 | 249 | 216 | 186 | 181 | 211 | 268 | 261 | 261 | 348 | 322 | 216 | 164 | 150 | 136 | 150 | 154 | 206 | 157 | 186 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 2:16PM0.49m | 2:32AM0.63m | 2:44PM0.48m | 3:01AM0.62m | 3:13PM0.47m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:09PM-0.00m | 8:53AM0.01m | 8:37PM0.00m | 9:23AM0.02m | 9:07PM0.02m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:50 | — | — |
mm | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Feels °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 |
| kJ | 220 | 198 | 198 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 65 | 64 | 62 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 44 | 42 | 85 | 83 | 110 | 206 | 157 | 186 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SW 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 |
| kJ | 96 | 74 | 69 | 105 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 65 | 66 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 40 | 32 | 51 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 10 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SW 12 | SW 15 | SSW 11 | S 11 |
| kJ | — | 18 | 98 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 39 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 |
| kJ | 249 | 249 | 216 | 186 | 181 | 211 | 268 | 261 | 261 | 348 | 322 | 216 | 164 | 150 | 136 | 150 | 154 | 154 | 136 | 136 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 194 | 194 | 1065 | 875 | 194 | 194 | 194 | 193 | 194 | 194 | 669 | 669 | 669 | 740 | 374 | 374 | 670 | 740 | 740 | 875 |
Best forecast wave conditions in West Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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 Animals 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.
Nearest