Bennys (Hikkaduwa) Surf Forecast

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Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Bennys (Hikkaduwa) surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 +0530

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Bennys (Hikkaduwa) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Bennys (Hikkaduwa) sea temperature is 29.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bennys (Hikkaduwa) today?

The current surf forecast for Bennys (Hikkaduwa) at 5AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	13s

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

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	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	17	18	14	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	544	789	659	631	622	615	534	534	433	361	350	361	367	303	975	472	449	587	745	719	589	661	653	653
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	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	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			1:10AM 0.41				12:50PM 0.51				1:24AM 0.48				1:15PM 0.56				1:44AM 0.55				1:39PM 0.59
Low Tide / height (m)	7:07PM 0.20				6:40AM 0.23				7:17PM 0.13				7:12AM 0.17				7:34PM 0.08				7:39AM 0.12

	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07

Rain (mm)	5	7	6	6	7	5	4	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Temp. °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	27
Feels °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	30	28	28	27	29	28	29	29	30	29	29	28	29	28	28	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Wind reports 28 km away suggest it is still onshore at Bennys (Hikkaduwa) (light winds from the WSW at Galle). 1.3m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 1.1m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.8m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 55 minutes ago Bennys (Hikkaduwa)

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28 km away, 2 h 55 min ago

11 km/h

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0.0

29.2

Air / Water (°C)

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