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Dondra surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
27.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Dondra today?

The current surf forecast for Dondra at 7AM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:30am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Evening (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
3
1
0
1
2
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818181716161616161615151514141414141411131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2764915473953733344074475255195062912461883253211803212531231021019896
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
NE
5
SW
15
SW
10
SW
0
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
E
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on		crossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
0.52
2:56PM
0.43
2:50AM
0.55
3:22PM
0.45
3:17AM
0.56
3:49PM
0.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
0.05
8:36PM
0.10
9:19AM
0.03
9:06PM
0.09
9:43AM
0.01
9:36PM
0.08
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--6:22-------6:22-------6:22-----
Sunset-----6:12-------6:12-------6:13--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242324262625252423232427272625252423242626252424
Feels °C (?)262526282727282726262730282829272626282828282726
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