Elephant Rock surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 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
30.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elephant Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Elephant Rock at 3PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:30am 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
Sun
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.8
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
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)151514141313131313131212121212121515999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1671671652852572011981951921861751691671151131118484847371707070
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
0.24
4:08AM
0.15
3:21PM
0.23
4:41AM
0.15
3:32PM
0.22
5:13AM
0.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
0.07
10:01PM
0.01
9:03AM
0.08
10:24PM
0.01
9:18AM
0.09
10:44PM
0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise5:54-------5:54-------5:52-------
Sunset---6:09-------6:09-------6:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C283131292828272628303129282726262831312928272726
Feels °C (?)323433313132313033343432313130313233333131303130
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