Animals Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

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Animals surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 10 Aug 2025 +0530

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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 27.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Animals today?

The current surf forecast for Animals at 1AM is: 1.0m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm August 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	16s
Afternoon (11 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	15s
Evening (11 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	15s

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

Hourly 12 Days

West Sri Lanka Surf

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	Sun 10		Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	857	976	1000	1206	1213	1060	1086	1059	1022	1070	947	952	1018	942	938	941	863	891	927	925	921	806	712	706
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
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)				3:43AM 0.53				3:39PM 0.56				4:11AM 0.55				4:06PM 0.53				4:40AM 0.55				4:32PM 0.50
Low Tide / height (m)		9:32PM -0.02				9:38AM 0.05				9:55PM -0.03				10:10AM 0.05				10:20PM -0.02				10:42AM 0.08

	Sun 10		Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Temp. °C	26	26	25	25	27	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	25	26	26	26	26	26
Feels °C (?)	29	28	27	27	28	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	26	27	27	27	26	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Animals (light winds from the WSW at Galle 18 km from Animals). 1.0m 5s windswell from the WSW with a 0.7m 11s groundswell from the S and a 0.6m 14s groundswell, also from the S as well as a 0.4m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 17 minutes ago Animals

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18 km away, 2 h 17 min ago

11 km/h

WSW

0.0

27.7

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