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Dondra surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 18 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
27.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Dondra today?

The current surf forecast for Dondra at 12PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30am February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (18 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
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)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.2
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)13131313121212161610101016161661615151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)219151147142138101998382565655104999595160158156201201150146217
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
E
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
ENE
15
SE
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:02AM
0.56
3:29PM
0.55
3:26AM
0.56
3:53PM
0.57
3:51AM
0.55
4:18PM
0.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
-0.02
9:26PM
0.04
9:39AM
-0.03
9:54PM
0.03
10:01AM
-0.03
10:22PM
0.04
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise--6:22-------6:22-------6:22-----
Sunset-----6:19-------6:20-------6:20--
light rain
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11-113-------32-----21--
Temp. °C242323262726252524232529272726252524252927272625
Feels °C (?)282727293028262625252731303129282826273028302828
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