Main Reef (Hikkaduwa) Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (6.19° N 80.06° E)

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Main Reef (Hikkaduwa) surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 +0530

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Main Reef (Hikkaduwa) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Main Reef (Hikkaduwa) sea temperature is 29.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Main Reef (Hikkaduwa) at 1PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	7s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s
Evening (18 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s

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

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	Saturday 18						Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	286	256	220	214	214	183	183	178	178	155	148	144	144	123	115	109	120	131	134	197	233	238	264	237
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	W	W	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	W	W	NW	NNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	NW	WSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			12:43PM 0.51				1:13AM 0.58				1:09PM 0.54				1:34AM 0.63				1:34PM 0.56				1:54AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)	6:55AM 0.17				6:52PM 0.09				7:20AM 0.12				7:13PM 0.05				7:44AM 0.08				7:34PM 0.03

	Saturday 18						Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue 21
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	2	2	3	5	6	3	4	4	4	1	1	-	2	-	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	3
Temp. °C	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	25	26	28	27	27	27	26	26	26
Feels °C (?)	30	29	29	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	27	29	28	28	28	28	30	31	29	30	30	30	30	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Wind reports 25 km away suggest it is still onshore at Main Reef (Hikkaduwa) (light winds from the WSW at Galle). 1.3m 7s swell from the WSW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 9s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 1 minute ago Main Reef (Hikkaduwa)

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25 km away, 2 h 1 min ago

11 km/h

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29.2

Air / Water (°C)

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