Dondra Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Dondra surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +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 28.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dondra today?

The current surf forecast for Dondra at 7PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	2	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	1	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	684	704	604	453	534	551	345	448	768	413	751	725	900	744	818	798	788	788	674	596	581	566	544	449
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:04PM 0.43				1:40AM 0.44				1:29PM 0.47				1:59AM 0.49				1:53PM 0.50				2:18AM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)			7:25PM 0.09				7:33AM 0.14				7:44PM 0.05				7:57AM 0.09				8:04PM 0.02				8:20AM 0.06

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	28	27	26	25	25	25	26	27	28	27	26	26	26	25	27	28	29	27	26	26	25	25	27	28
Feels °C (?)	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	29	28	28	28	26	26	28	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Dondra (light winds from the WSW at Galle 44 km from Dondra). 1.4m 12s groundswell from the S with a 1.2m 6s windswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 17s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 33 minutes ago Dondra

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44 km away, 1 h 33 min ago

11 km/h

WSW

0.0

28.7

Air / Water (°C)

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