Arugam Bay surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 +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
29.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Arugam Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Arugam Bay at 9AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30am November 18). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (18 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (18 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
S
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313131313131388771212121212911111414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2532492491951951921701853451998382828281544241428073736767
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NE
10
E
10
E
20
SSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
N
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
0
NNE
10
E
5
SE
0
SE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
0.20
3:37PM
0.16
1:59AM
0.20
4:02PM
0.17
2:11AM
0.20
4:27PM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
0.02
8:20PM
0.11
9:08AM
0.01
8:43PM
0.12
9:24AM
0.01
9:03PM
0.13
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise--5:52-------5:52-------5:54-----
Sunset-----5:40-------5:40-------5:40--
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
41-143612---14651-------
Temp. °C252526282827252523242628282726252525262828272726
Feels °C (?)302930313130262924272829303030282727293231313230
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