Dondra surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 +0530
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Dondra surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dondra sea temperature is
27.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Dondra today?

The current surf forecast for Dondra at 10AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (24 Feb)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (24 Feb)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)171616161616161616151515151414141414131313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)258240232334407402397475348434377443405400400325307286282277225225201269
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassoffglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:20AM
0.38
6:13PM
0.43
5:25AM
0.32
6:59PM
0.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
0.17
11:27AM
0.11
12:26AM
0.23
11:36AM
0.17
9:46AM
0.23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:20-------6:20-------6:20-----
Sunset-----6:20-------6:20-------6:20--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11-1113------1--
Temp. °C252426282827262525242628282726252424252829272625
Feels °C (?)292730313130302929283031302929282627283130292928
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