Hiriketya Beach surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 Oct 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
28.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Hiriketya Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Hiriketya Beach at 12PM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:30am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (01 Oct)2ft (0.6m)19s
Evening (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)19s

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

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Wednesday
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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)62019181919181818181716161616171716161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8915425142254388511821488157917551978175619041928179919101887175614691451128911841027988
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
25
W
30
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44AM
0.25
1:38AM
0.27
12:08PM
0.32
1:07AM
0.33
12:39PM
0.37
1:16AM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
0.25
6:59PM
0.15
6:36AM
0.21
6:48PM
0.11
6:49AM
0.17
6:59PM
0.08
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------
Sunset---5:59-------5:58-------5:58----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C283030282726262628303028262625252830312827262626
Feels °C (?)293029292928282929302929282928283030312929292929
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

  1. weather stationWind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Hiriketya Beach (fresh winds from the WSW.(Wind varies from 220 to 280 degs) at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport 59 km from Hiriketya Beach). 1.1m 5s windswell from the WSW with a 0.8m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.3m 20s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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