Elephant Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 6.80° N 81.82° E

Issued: 4 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Elephant Rock sea temperature is

28.9° C

Elephant Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Elephant Rock today (16 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Elephant Rock at 12AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Evening (16 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 34°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 15				Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	S 10	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 7
Wave Graph
kJ	316	383	301	229	207	209	196	188	530	322	326	188	212	209	188	188	188	316	334	205	175	178	178	214
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy
High Tide		3:27PM0.15m					6:20AM0.21m			3:25PM0.14m					6:43AM0.21m			2:55PM0.14m					7:00AM0.20m
Low Tide	11:56AM0.13m			10:36PM0.00m					12:40PM0.13m			10:45PM0.01m					1:39PM0.14m			10:51PM0.02m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—
	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	6:22
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	33	32	29	28	27	26	28	33	34	33	29	27	26	25	28	33	33	33	29	27	26	25	28	32
Feels °C	32	32	29	27	27	26	27	32	33	32	28	26	26	25	28	34	32	32	29	27	26	24	27	34
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 15	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 7
kJ	204	196	121	154	149	149	184	141	186	211	214	131	131	102	100	188	188	188	188	180	175	178	178	107
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	S 11	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 11	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSE 10	SE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 9	SSE 9	SSW 14
kJ	3	91	196	199	207	209	196	188	6	6	47	188	212	209	188	100	2	31	20	51	30	43	29	178
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	—	—	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	ESE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 9	SSE 9
kJ	2	3	8	8	8	7	7	7	—	—	3	6	6	6	2	2	3	8	3	3	3	3	8	28
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 6	SSW 7	S 10	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SW 7	SSW 6	SSW 7	SW 7
kJ	316	383	301	229	160	134	121	99	530	322	326	160	109	83	59	71	176	316	334	205	158	128	145	214
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gurus (Gulhi) North Male Atoll	Maabaidhoo Right North Male Atoll	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Colas (Cokes) North Male Atoll	Colas (Cokes) North Male Atoll	Colas (Cokes) North Male Atoll	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Peanut Farm Point East	Maabaidhoo Right North Male Atoll	Tiruchendur Tamil Nadu	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Tiruchendur Tamil Nadu	Pottuvil Point East	Pottuvil Point East	Elephant Rock East
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	971	1061	11	11	11	11	11	11	943	943	943	11	11	11	11	9	1061	448	11	11	448	11	11	0
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Rating (10 max)			2	2	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	2	2			2	2		2	2	3
Best forecast wave conditions in Sri Lanka			Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East				Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East			Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East		Whiskey Point East	Whiskey Point East	Arugam Bay East
Rating (10 max)			2	2	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	2	2			2	2		2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	9	6	6	6	5	7	9	8

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