Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 Apr 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
30.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) at 4AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211141413131313131313131616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164161158156150120134161120120118222215212167164229203147138191188188142
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
5
E
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
0.58
2:46PM
0.75
2:48AM
0.56
3:16PM
0.74
3:16AM
0.54
3:47PM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
0.05
8:17AM
-0.02
9:04PM
0.05
8:44AM
-0.03
9:34PM
0.06
9:12AM
-0.01
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:01-------6:00-------6:00---
Sunset-------6:16-------6:16-------6:16
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21--------11------------
Temp. °C282727262730292928282727282929292828272728292929
Feels °C (?)323131303133313231323132323232323132313232323131
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