Galle surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 +0530
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Galle surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Galle sea temperature is
29.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Galle today?

The current surf forecast for Galle at 6PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:30am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151114141413131313131615151518181817161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12386757473986465666614276123121158158156142134188203337253172
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
SE
15
S
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
0
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:02PM
0.77
4:04AM
0.65
4:31PM
0.74
4:29AM
0.61
5:01PM
0.69
4:52AM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
0.06
9:59PM
0.13
9:54AM
0.07
10:28PM
0.16
10:22AM
0.10
10:59PM
0.21
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise6:13-------6:11-------6:11-------
Sunset---6:19-------6:19-------6:19----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11----111----------
Temp. °C272929282726252527303028272625252630292928272625
Feels °C (?)313131312928272829323130292827282933313232313028
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