Matara Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (5.94° N 80.57° E)

Surf Forecasts

Matara surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 09 Aug 2025 +0530

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Matara surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Matara sea temperature is 27.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Matara today?

The current surf forecast for Matara at 11PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm August 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (09 Aug)	-	-
Evening (09 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

Table - waves today at Matara. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly 12 Days

West Sri Lanka Surf

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	Sat 09		Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 12
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	11	13	11	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	459	527	508	598	608	694	631	752	933	966	995	1081	1141	1067	997	956	1028	982	971	807	822	783	764	807
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				3:17AM 0.50				3:13PM 0.56				3:44AM 0.53				3:40PM 0.55				4:12AM 0.55				4:06PM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)		9:09PM 0.01				9:08AM 0.06				9:32PM -0.01				9:39AM 0.06				9:56PM -0.02				10:11AM 0.06

	Sat 09		Sunday 10								Monday 11								Tuesday 12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	25	25	27	28	28	27	26	25	25	25	27	28	28	27	25	25	25	25	26	28	28	27
Feels °C (?)	29	29	27	27	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	28	28	28	28	26	26	26	26	27	28	27	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Matara (light winds from the WSW at Galle 40 km from Matara). 0.9m 10s swell from the S with a 0.9m 8s swell from the W and a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
3 hours 8 minutes ago Matara

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40 km away, 3 h 8 min ago

11 km/h

WSW

0.0

27.5

Air / Water (°C)

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