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Arugam Bay surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 15 Mar 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
28.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Arugam Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Arugam Bay at 8PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)--
Afternoon (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)181717161616161616161515151514141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)438428394376371366481475469457422411405405400389367352342282277273249246
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
0
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSW
0
S
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
0.21
2:32AM
0.17
3:35PM
0.22
2:59AM
0.17
3:45PM
0.23
3:27AM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
0.09
8:48AM
0.01
9:41PM
0.07
9:05AM
0.01
10:01PM
0.06
9:21AM
0.02
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise------6:09-------6:07-------6:07-
Sunset-6:13-------6:13-------6:13------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C292827262526272929282727262627292928272726252729
Feels °C (?)303030292930313130303031303131313130303230293231
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