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 am Wednesday 01 Oct 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 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Balapitiya today?

The current surf forecast for Balapitiya at 2PM is: 0.5m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:30am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s
Afternoon (01 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	20s
Evening (01 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	19s

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

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	Wednesday 01						Thursday 02								Friday 03								Sat 04
	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	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	20	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	89	89	190	341	502	708	1022	1136	1367	1482	1597	1561	1492	1511	1419	1605	1506	1271	1240	1225	1001	976	952	820
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:02AM 0.40						1:56AM 0.33				11:45AM 0.45				12:49AM 0.40				12:19PM 0.51				12:57AM 0.48
Low Tide / height (m)					7:32PM 0.25			5:07AM 0.32					6:45PM 0.20				6:09AM 0.24				6:50PM 0.14

	Wednesday 01						Thursday 02								Friday 03								Sat 04
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27
Feels °C (?)	29	30	30	31	30	30	30	30	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	31	31	31	30	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Wind reports 43 km away suggest it is still onshore at Balapitiya (light winds from the WSW at Ratmalana). 1.2m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.7m 9s swell from the SSW and a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the SW as well as a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the WSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
3 hours 18 minutes ago Balapitiya

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43 km away, 3 h 18 min ago

11 km/h

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0.0

29.1

Air / Water (°C)

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