Inside Reef (Hikkaduwa) surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 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 6PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)121114141313131313131313161616161515151514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150120134161120120118222215212167164229203147138169188188142211186180180
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
0.75
2:48AM
0.56
3:16PM
0.74
3:16AM
0.54
3:47PM
0.69
3:45AM
0.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
-0.02
9:04PM
0.05
8:44AM
-0.03
9:34PM
0.06
9:12AM
-0.01
10:03PM
0.09
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:01-------6:00-------6:00-------
Sunset---6:16-------6:16-------6:16----
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----11-1--------------
Temp. °C283029292828272728292929282828282930302928282727
Feels °C (?)323331323232313233323132313232323333323131323131
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