Arugam Bay Surf Forecast

/ East (10 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (6.84° N 81.84° E)

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Arugam Bay surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 18 Aug 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 28.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Arugam Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Arugam Bay at 11AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:30am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s
Evening (18 Aug)	6ft (1.8m)	7s

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

Hourly 12 Days

East Sri Lanka Surf

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	Monday 18						Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
	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	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	3	3	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SE	SE	S	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	12	7	7	7	9	9	11	6	15	6	7	7	14	6	15	15	18	18	17	17	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	453	567	381	869	710	356	313	284	204	221	232	344	612	468	356	247	292	312	555	597	732	662	653	732
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	ENE	SE	S	SW	WNW	SW	SW	SSW	E	SE	SSE	SSE	W	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			1:48PM 0.13					3:59AM 0.20			2:10PM 0.14					4:05AM 0.21			2:30PM 0.15					4:16AM 0.22
Low Tide / height (m)		10:24AM 0.12				8:34PM 0.03				10:07AM 0.11				8:48PM 0.02				10:09AM 0.11				9:03PM 0.01

	Monday 18						Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	33	34	33	30	27	26	25	27	31	32	31	29	27	26	25	27	30	30	28	27	26	25	25
Feels °C (?)	28	35	35	32	29	27	26	26	28	32	33	34	31	31	29	27	30	31	31	30	32	29	27	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Arugam Bay (light winds from the SW at Pottuvil 5 km from Arugam Bay). 1.7m 6s windswell from the SSW with a 0.9m 11s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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3 h 10 min ago

7 km/h

Clean

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