Elephant Rock surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
27.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Elephant Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Elephant Rock at 8AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (18 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (18 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
Period(s) (?)666666666666666666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1391521361411321201011099610910998959510210611211211211211688101113
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
0.18
5:02PM
0.23
4:11AM
0.16
5:14PM
0.22
4:33AM
0.15
5:24PM
0.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.00
11:06PM
0.08
10:22AM
0.02
11:32PM
0.08
10:30AM
0.03
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----6:14-------6:14-------6:14--
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1123212-----11112111-132
Temp. °C232424252524242424252627282625252424252425252424
Feels °C (?)232526272826262525272828292727272526272628272726
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