Fishermans surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 06 Sep 2025 +0530
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Fishermans surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fishermans sea temperature is
28.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Fishermans today?

The current surf forecast for Fishermans at 11AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:30am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

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Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313131318181818161616161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)90174571651657655054658173587610729751031974854984105011781104987887825793710
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56PM
0.53
2:24AM
0.52
2:22PM
0.55
2:48AM
0.57
2:48PM
0.56
3:14AM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
0.09
8:14PM
0.01
8:21AM
0.05
8:35PM
-0.02
8:50AM
0.02
8:57PM
-0.04
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
Sunrise6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------
Sunset---6:12-------6:12-------6:10----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272929272626262627292927262626262728272726262626
Feels °C (?)293029282828282728292928282828272829282928292828
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Fishermans (light winds from the WSW at Galle 24 km from Fishermans). 1.2m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.8m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.7m 9s swell from the SSE as well as a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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11 km/h
WSW
0.0
28.6
Air / Water (°C)
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