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Galle surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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
27.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Galle today?

The current surf forecast for Galle at 8AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131213151415141414141414141313141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64444456818411811677737171104102102717371696768686869
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
N
10
N
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
SW
10
SSE
10
E
10
NNE
5
N
5
SW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
NW
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
off		offglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
0.74
4:14PM
0.73
4:06AM
0.73
4:41PM
0.72
4:30AM
0.70
5:09PM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:52AM
0.12
10:04PM
0.21
10:19AM
0.12
10:34PM
0.23
10:45AM
0.13
11:02PM
0.26
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset-----6:19-------6:19-------6:19--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------41-----122-
Temp. °C252424262726262624242527262626262424242726262626
Feels °C (?)292827292929302927272931282930312827283029292931
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