Mirissa Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (5.94° N 80.46° E)

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Mirissa surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +0530

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

Today's Mirissa sea temperature is 28.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mirissa today?

The current surf forecast for Mirissa at 1PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 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)	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	555	808	684	704	604	453	534	551	345	448	768	413	751	847	900	744	808	798	788	788	674	596	581	566
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	W	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			1:03PM 0.43				1:39AM 0.44				1:28PM 0.47				1:58AM 0.49				1:51PM 0.50				2:17AM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)	7:07AM 0.18				7:24PM 0.09				7:31AM 0.13				7:43PM 0.05				7:55AM 0.09				8:03PM 0.01

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Mirissa (light winds from the WSW at Galle 28 km from Mirissa). 1.4m 13s groundswell from the S with a 1.2m 6s windswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 43 minutes ago Mirissa

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28 km away, 1 h 43 min ago

11 km/h

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0.0

28.9

Air / Water (°C)

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