Arugam Bay surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 +0530
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Arugam Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Arugam Bay sea temperature is
30.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Arugam Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Arugam Bay at 7AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)16161615151111111111111110109999999202019
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14710284861211231581201581581561501411311181159090888682121119117
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49AM
0.13
3:20PM
0.19
2:43PM
0.19
2:08PM
0.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:04AM
0.12
11:04PM
0.05
10:57PM
0.06
10:33PM
0.06
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--5:52-------5:52-------5:52-----
Sunset-----6:09-------6:09-------6:09--
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thunderstorm
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Rain (mm)
-1---232121-1311--1-2511
Temp. °C272729313029282827272931302927272626283229292827
Feels °C (?)313234343232313231313233323230302929303532323129
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