Dewata surf break

Dewata surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 +0530
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Dewata surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dewata sea temperature is
29.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Dewata today?

The current surf forecast for Dewata at 1AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (17 Oct)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (17 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s

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

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Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
SW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)88888888888888777771212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262599522509541500458410383345322322280268242245183178157155152152150147
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
0.45
12:30PM
0.42
1:06AM
0.52
12:59PM
0.46
1:28AM
0.57
1:23PM
0.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
0.19
6:46AM
0.23
6:30PM
0.14
7:09AM
0.18
6:55PM
0.10
7:32AM
0.13
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----5:54-------5:54-------5:54---
Sunset-------5:53-------5:52-------5:52
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
1144354444721----1353121
Temp. °C282827272728282827262626262727272726262626262726
Feels °C (?)293029292929293029282827282828292929292827272828
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Dewata (light winds from the WSW at Galle 2 km from Dewata). 2.1m 8s swell from the SW with a 0.8m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 9s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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1 h 48 min ago

11 km/h
WSW
Cross-On
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