Galle Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Galle surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 +0530

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Galle today?

The current surf forecast for Galle at 8AM is: 1.2m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:30am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	17s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	16s
Evening (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

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	Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	897	823	758	1011	1137	1123	962	950	763	838	795	573	565	472	465	514	419	395	366	295	290	286	356	273
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 0.72				2:05PM 0.56				2:28AM 0.74					2:37PM 0.57				3:01AM 0.73				3:10PM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)			8:07AM 0.09				7:47PM 0.03					8:36AM 0.07			8:20PM 0.03					9:08AM 0.08				8:54PM 0.04

	Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	4	3	1	4	3	3	4	7	3	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	26	27	27	26	27	27
Feels °C (?)	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	27	26	27	27	28	27	26	25	26	26	27	27	29	29

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