Elephant Rock surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 +0530
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Elephant Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Elephant Rock sea temperature is
30.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Elephant Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Elephant Rock at 2PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:30am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313121212121212151599999131318181216161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19218617516916711511311184848473717070706912410487107149147102
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21PM
0.23
4:41AM
0.15
3:32PM
0.22
5:13AM
0.14
3:34PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
0.08
10:24PM
0.01
9:18AM
0.09
10:44PM
0.02
9:24AM
0.11
10:58PM
0.03
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise5:54-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset---6:09-------6:09-------6:09----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C283030292828272729313129282726262831302928272625
Feels °C (?)333332323233323234343330313029303133313030292928
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