Okanda surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 +0530
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Okanda surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Okanda sea temperature is
28.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Okanda today?

The current surf forecast for Okanda at 2PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:30am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (27 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (27 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sat
30
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)1011671110101010101111111212121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)277298460557480384278359363269335524489547435438506479486710630539524533
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
0.18
4:56AM
0.22
4:48PM
0.16
5:00AM
0.22
4:59PM
0.15
5:00AM
0.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
0.07
10:23PM
0.05
11:19AM
0.07
10:26PM
0.07
11:35AM
0.07
10:19PM
0.08
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sat
30
Sunrise5:56-------5:56-------5:56-------
Sunset---6:13-------6:12-------6:12----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C283131302726262628323331282726262931323128272626
Feels °C (?)262827262525252527303029272625252829292926262525
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for East

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Okanda (moderate winds from the WSW.(Wind varies from 210 to 280 degs) at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport 56 km from Okanda). 1.6m 5s windswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 15s groundswell from the S and a 0.4m 15s groundswell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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