Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Arugam Bay today (20 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Arugam Bay at 12AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (+0530) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 14s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Arugam Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 25°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 19 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
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) | S 18 | S 17 | S 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | S 12 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 613 | 1015 | 1552 | 905 | 882 | 860 | 785 | 1005 | 836 | 813 | 684 | 665 | 646 | 521 | 506 | 421 | 414 | 414 | 721 | 371 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 1:26PM0.10m | 2:04AM0.20m | 1:21PM0.12m | 1:59AM0.21m | 1:43PM0.13m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:35PM0.07m | 9:00AM0.09m | 6:54PM0.06m | 8:40AM0.08m | 7:15PM0.06m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 30 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
Feels °C | 33 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 18 | S 17 | S 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | S 12 |
| kJ | 613 | 1015 | 1552 | 905 | 882 | 860 | 785 | 1005 | 836 | 813 | 684 | 665 | 646 | 521 | 506 | 421 | 414 | 414 | 418 | 371 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSW 5 | SSW 21 | SSW 21 | SSW 21 | S 20 | SSW 19 | S 20 |
| kJ | 146 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 127 | 101 | 76 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 153 | 153 | 151 | 198 | 295 | 194 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | W 8 | — | — | SE 8 | SE 7 | SW 5 | — | S 26 | S 26 | S 24 | S 24 | SSW 24 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 |
| kJ | 327 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 14 | 5 | — | 13 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 4 | S 10 | SSW 4 | S 9 | SW 5 | SW 5 | — | SW 5 | — | — | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 13 | SW 5 |
| kJ | 10 | 183 | 35 | 176 | 26 | 17 | — | 13 | — | — | 7 | 13 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 721 | 35 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 957 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 1064 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Best forecast wave conditions in East 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 Arugam Bay 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