Balapitiya Surf Forecast

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Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

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Balapitiya surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 10 Aug 2025 +0530

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Balapitiya surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Balapitiya sea temperature is 27.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Balapitiya today?

The current surf forecast for Balapitiya at 4AM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm August 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	16s
Afternoon (11 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	16s
Evening (11 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	15s

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

Hourly 12 Days

West Sri Lanka Surf

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	Sun 10		Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	465	536	816	827	823	801	775	835	739	887	741	750	764	727	770	668	817	840	777	657	665	583	544	581
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				3:28AM 0.59				3:28PM 0.67				3:58AM 0.62				3:53PM 0.64				4:28AM 0.64				4:18PM 0.60
Low Tide / height (m)		9:23PM -0.00				9:21AM 0.06				9:46PM -0.02				9:53AM 0.07				10:10PM -0.02				10:26AM 0.09

	Sun 10		Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24

Rain (mm)	-	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2
Temp. °C	26	26	25	25	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Feels °C (?)	29	29	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	27	27	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Balapitiya (light winds from the WSW at Ratmalana 43 km from Balapitiya). 0.9m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.8m 6s windswell from the SSW and a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the SW as well as a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 34 minutes ago Balapitiya

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43 km away, 1 h 34 min ago

11 km/h

WSW

0.0

27.9

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