Galle Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Galle surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +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 29.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Galle today?

The current surf forecast for Galle at 4PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	447	618	665	665	453	446	386	398	404	404	1106	454	356	681	665	985	604	590	688	582	575	561	539	439
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			1:00PM 0.41				1:33AM 0.44				1:29PM 0.46				1:57AM 0.49				1:53PM 0.49				2:19AM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)	6:54AM 0.18				7:14PM 0.10				7:24AM 0.12				7:33PM 0.05				7:51AM 0.08				7:56PM 0.00

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	6	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	3	3
Temp. °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26
Feels °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	29	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	27	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Galle (light winds from the WSW at Galle 1 km from Galle). 1.4m 12s groundswell from the S with a 1.2m 6s windswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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