Elephant Rock Surf Forecast

/ East (10 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Elephant Rock surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 05 Sep 2025 +0530

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 29.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Elephant Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Elephant Rock at 10PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	17s
Evening (05 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	7s

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

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	Friday 05				Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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)	0	1	3	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	7	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	19	18	18	18	18	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	501	725	1229	539	502	459	614	601	489	432	706	589	472	383	367	318	345	526	586	786	617	692	785	889
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	ENE	ESE	SSE	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	ESE	SE	SE	SW	NNW	WSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 0.17				3:53AM 0.23				3:03PM 0.17				4:06AM 0.23				3:31PM 0.17				4:20AM 0.24
Low Tide / height (m)				9:01PM 0.00				9:53AM 0.08				9:19PM 0.00				10:17AM 0.07				9:34PM 0.01				10:43AM 0.06

	Friday 05				Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	31	32	30	27	27	26	28	31	30	29	29	27	26	25	28	31	30	29	29	24	24	25	26	26
Feels °C (?)	32	34	32	29	29	28	30	33	31	33	32	29	29	28	31	34	32	32	32	24	27	27	29	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East

Wind Update Offshore wind reported 83 km from Elephant Rock (strong winds from the WSW at ASCATB82E6N 83 km from Elephant Rock). 2.2m 7s swell from the SSW with a 1.0m 11s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.5m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 16 minutes ago Elephant Rock
Wind Update Previously calm conditions have become cross-shore at Arugam Bay (strong winds from the WSW at ASCATB82E6N 86 km from Arugam Bay). 2.2m 7s swell from the SSW with a 1.0m 11s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.5m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 16 minutes ago Arugam Bay

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