North Jetty (Hikkaduwa) Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (6.25° N 80.04° E)

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North Jetty (Hikkaduwa) surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +0530

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

Today's North Jetty (Hikkaduwa) sea temperature is 29.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at North Jetty (Hikkaduwa) today?

The current surf forecast for North Jetty (Hikkaduwa) at 8AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	13s

Table - waves today at North Jetty (Hikkaduwa). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	17	18	14	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	659	631	622	649	534	534	433	361	350	361	367	303	975	472	449	1056	745	719	589	661	653	653	644	546
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:10AM 0.41				12:50PM 0.51				1:24AM 0.48				1:15PM 0.56				1:44AM 0.55				1:39PM 0.59
Low Tide / height (m)			6:40AM 0.23				7:17PM 0.13				7:12AM 0.17				7:34PM 0.08				7:39AM 0.12				7:53PM 0.03

	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-

Rain (mm)	8	6	9	6	5	2	3	4	5	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3
Temp. °C	27	27	27	26	27	26	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	27
Feels °C (?)	28	29	29	28	29	30	30	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	28	29	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Wind reports 31 km away suggest it is still onshore at North Jetty (Hikkaduwa) (light winds from the WSW at Galle). 1.3m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 1.0m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 1.0m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 32 minutes ago North Jetty (Hikkaduwa)

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31 km away, 2 h 32 min ago

11 km/h

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29.2

Air / Water (°C)

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