Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

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Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 +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 29.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than 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: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30am October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	8s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	8s
Evening (22 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	8s

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

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	Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	413	469	418	445	371	398	398	408	291	547	322	643	623	676	629	615	653	382	438	488	588	547	510	579
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:16AM 0.70				2:21PM 0.57					2:38AM 0.69				2:44PM 0.55				3:01AM 0.67				3:06PM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28AM 0.05				8:13PM 0.01					8:50AM 0.04				8:34PM 0.01				9:12AM 0.04				8:56PM 0.02

	Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	4	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	2	1	-	-	1	2	2
Temp. °C	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	27
Feels °C (?)	27	27	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	25	25	26	28	28	27	28	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Wind reports 76 km away suggest it is still onshore at Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) (strong winds from the WSW at SHIP759). 1.8m 7s swell from the WSW with a 1.0m 11s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
39 minutes ago Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa)

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