Elephant Rock surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 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 12PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
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
Period(s) (?)16151515141413131313131312121212121215159999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)353172167167165285257201198195192186175131167115113111848484737170
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--5:54-------5:54-------5:52-----
Sunset-----6:09-------6:09-------6:09--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272728313029282827262831312928282726283030292827
Feels °C (?)323232343231323231303334333132323131323231313130
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