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Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 19 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 9AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.7
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
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)141212121212131313131313131314111515151414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138164127164187196206149147149149113151154180878586188175121120116111
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
W
15
W
10
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
5
E
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		glasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:24AM
0.66
2:48PM
0.72
2:48AM
0.65
3:13PM
0.74
3:12AM
0.63
3:40PM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
-0.00
8:53PM
0.05
8:52AM
-0.02
9:21PM
0.04
9:15AM
-0.03
9:49PM
0.06
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise--6:13-------6:13-------6:13-----
Sunset-----6:20-------6:20-------6:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----121--------------111
Temp. °C252526292827272625252628282827272626273029282726
Feels °C (?)292930323029313029283031313230302929293230312928
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