Hiriketya Beach Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (5.96° N 80.71° E)

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Hiriketya Beach surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 08 Aug 2025 +0530

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Hiriketya Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Hiriketya Beach sea temperature is 27.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hiriketya Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Hiriketya Beach at 6PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (08 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	9s
Evening (08 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	15s

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

Hourly 12 Days

West Sri Lanka Surf

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	Friday 08				Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	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	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	SW	SW	SW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	S	W	S	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	9	15	15	15	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	11	13	11	18	18	18	18	17	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	887	894	817	839	723	660	645	641	619	611	596	476	499	479	636	719	631	618	887	882	1048	1110	1205	1181
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	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	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:21PM 0.46					2:59AM 0.41				2:49PM 0.49				3:24AM 0.45				3:17PM 0.50				3:51AM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)				8:49PM 0.00				8:41AM 0.07				9:11PM -0.01				9:12AM 0.06				9:34PM -0.02				9:44AM 0.06

	Friday 08				Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Hiriketya Beach (moderate winds from the SW at Hambantota 50 km from Hiriketya Beach). 1.3m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.9m 11s groundswell from the SSE and a 0.7m 15s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the S. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 18 minutes ago Hiriketya Beach

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50 km away, 1 h 18 min ago

25 km/h

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27.5

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