Dondra surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 17 Jul 2025 +0530
Forecast update in -0hr 15 min 38 s Forecast update imminent
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
81.5°F
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dondra today?

The current surf forecast for Dondra at 4PM is: 7ft 9s primary swell from a West direction and 5ft 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 3ft 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)7ft (2.1m)9s
Afternoon (17 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (17 Jul)6ft (1.9m)9s

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

Updates in -0 hr 15 min 38 s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)
7
W
6
W
6.5
W
6.5
W
6
W
6
W
5
SSE
6
W
5
SSE
6
W
6
W
6.5
W
6.5
W
7
W
7
W
7.5
W
7
W
7
W
7
W
7
W
7
W
7
W
7
W
7.5
W
7.5
W
7.5
W
8
W
8
W
7.5
W
7
W
7
W
7
W
6.5
W
6.5
W
6
W
6
W
6
W
6
W
6
W
6
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
S
4
S
5
W
5
W
5
W
Period(s) (?)999999119119999998999999999999999999999910101010101010101010101111111111111414111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1509133414721634157015661600162115351538150514801575167415371588149114881500143713081341128013951362135315171479129213031356122810479629901047109593485389086394410319591277783720120478676377975877287799112011158134212541380
Wind
(mph)
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (ft)
6:29AM
1.54
6:05PM
1.28
7:18AM
1.48
6:46PM
1.12
8:27AM
1.38
7:58PM
0.95
10:11AM
1.35
11:02PM
0.89
11:53AM
1.41
12:51AM
1.02
12:58PM
1.51
1:43AM
1.18
1:44PM
1.61
2:22AM
1.35
2:21PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (ft)
12:32PM
0.59
12:26AM
0.3
1:36PM
0.72
1:07AM
0.46
3:24PM
0.79
2:14AM
0.59
5:57PM
0.72
4:25AM
0.66
7:07PM
0.56
6:14AM
0.59
7:47PM
0.43
7:19AM
0.49
8:20PM
0.3
8:05AM
0.39
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Sunrise6:00-------6:00-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01---
Sunset---6:25-------6:25-------6:25-------6:25-------6:25-------6:25-------6:25-------6:25
cloudthunderstorm thunderstorm part cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudthunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm part cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudclearpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudthunderstorm cloudcloudcloudcloudthunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm part cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudthunderstorm cloudpart cloudcloudpart cloudthunderstorm part cloudcloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudcloudcloudcloudcloudcloudcloudpart cloud
Rain (in)
-0.00.0----0.00.00.00.0-------------0.0----0.00.00.0-----0.0----0.0-----------------
Temp. °F798181817979797981828281818181818282848281797979818182797979797981828481797977778182828179797979818282817979797979818281
Feels °F (?)798179817979798182818179817979798181828281777979818182797979818182828482818177818282828281828282848282828181817981828482
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (ft)
  • Live Wind Speed (mph)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (ft)
  • Wind Speed (mph)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Dondra (light winds from the WSW at Galle 27 miles from Dondra). 7ft 8s swell from the W with a 5ft 11s groundswell from the SSE and a 1ft 15s groundswell from the SSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

    Dondra
Expand
<
>
View all

44 km away, 2 h 6 min ago

5 mph
WSW
30.2
27.5
Air / Water (°C)
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Dondra surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest