Elephant Rock surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 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
30.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Elephant Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Elephant Rock at 6PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:30am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)1515159998111318189161616161615151111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)848484737170707069124104871071491471028486121123123120158158
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
0.22
5:13AM
0.14
3:34PM
0.20
5:49AM
0.13
3:20PM
0.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.09
10:44PM
0.02
9:24AM
0.11
10:58PM
0.03
9:04AM
0.12
11:04PM
0.05
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset---6:09-------6:09-------6:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C293130292828262628313129282726262831303028272626
Feels °C (?)343432313232303032343231313029293133313230292829
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