Balapitiya Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Balapitiya surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 15 Nov 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 29.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Balapitiya today?

The current surf forecast for Balapitiya at 12AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	15s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	15s
Evening (16 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Sat 15		Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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)	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	875	853	822	871	942	918	905	881	773	701	691	691	597	456	437	412	406	342	304	299	249	295	238	159
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	WNW	NW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	WNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	WNW	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			12:10AM 0.53				11:58AM 0.44				12:35AM 0.58				12:34PM 0.46				1:00AM 0.62				1:05PM 0.48
Low Tide / height (m)					6:27AM 0.21				5:59PM 0.12				6:56AM 0.16				6:28PM 0.10				7:23AM 0.12

	Sat 15		Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49

Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	7	2	-	1	1	-	-	1	4	8	8	1	-	-	1	1	2
Temp. °C	26	24	24	25	26	28	27	27	25	24	24	24	25	27	26	27	25	24	24	24	25	27	27	26
Feels °C (?)	27	27	27	29	30	30	28	28	27	26	28	27	29	30	28	29	28	28	26	26	28	29	29	28

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