Hikkaduwa (A-Frame) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what we’ve got on the cards for Hikkaduwa over the next couple of weeks. Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – this stretch looks pretty grim for paddle surfing. We’re stuck in a long run of cross-on and onshore westerly winds that are just tearing up the surface. The water’s sitting at a warm 84°F with the anomaly bang on average for this time of year, but that’s about the only thing that’s comfortable.

The first real chance to even talk about surf comes on Wednesday morning, July 8th, but don’t get excited. Hikkaduwa (A-Frame) is seeing a 6ft swell rolling in from the west-northwest at 11 seconds, but that wind is howling out of the west at 16 mph. It’s cross-on and choppy as hell. The combined energy is a massive 1434 (moderate wave energy), but with conditions like that, it’s all for nothing. The board stays on the sand.

Thursday morning, July 9th, is more of the same – 6ft from the west-northwest, cross-on wind, and a risk of thunderstorms. Just ugly. Thursday afternoon shows a flicker of hope with a 5ft swell from the south-southwest at a very juicy 16 seconds. That’s proper groundswell period, and combined energy is still high at 1833. But the wind is still cross-on at 12 mph, and the call is only “marginal.” It’s a tease.

Friday the 10th through to Sunday the 21st of July is a brutal stretch. Winds stay locked in from the west and west-northwest, 12 to 16 mph, nearly always cross-on or onshore. Swell sizes bounce around from 3ft up to 7ft, and we even see some very long period stuff – 15, 16, even 20 seconds – but it doesn’t matter. The surface is blown out. That 6ft, 16-second swell on Monday morning July 20th? Combined energy hits 2486 (strong wave energy). But the wind is still cross-on. It’s heartbreaking. For a beach and reef setup like A-Frame, with this much wind and chop, honestly this looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The last few days, July 22nd and 23rd, are the same story. A 7ft swell on Wednesday morning from the south (15 seconds, energy 2324) and it’s still cross-on. Afternoon on the 23rd finally drops to 5ft from the south at 12 seconds, but the wind just won’t let up.

Look, there is not one single standout session in this whole 16-day window. The optimum swell direction for A-Frame is from the southwest, and we do get some decent south and south-southwest pulses with long periods that would usually mean good shape. But the prevailing wind is just killing every single one of them. For now, we wait. This area can get good, but this run is a write-off. Keep the wax in the wrapper.

Rusty.

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