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Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 +0530
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Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) sea temperature is
28.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) today?

The current surf forecast for Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) at 10PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)--
Afternoon (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

Table - waves today at Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121412121212121313131313131313141115151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)335320314164138164127164187196206149147149113113151154180878586188133
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
W
10
NW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
E
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffglassononcross-
on		glassoffglassoffcross-
off		ononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
0.66
2:24AM
0.66
2:48PM
0.72
2:48AM
0.65
3:13PM
0.74
3:12AM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
0.07
8:30AM
-0.00
8:53PM
0.05
8:52AM
-0.02
9:21PM
0.04
9:15AM
-0.03
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------6:13-------6:13-------6:13-
Sunset-6:20-------6:20-------6:20------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2311----131-------------
Temp. °C282827262525262828272726252526282828272726262730
Feels °C (?)303130292828303130303129292930313031303029293032
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