Plantations Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Plantations surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 24 Aug 2025 +0530

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

Today's Plantations sea temperature is 27.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Plantations today?

The current surf forecast for Plantations at 10AM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:30am August 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	15s
Afternoon (24 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	15s
Evening (24 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s

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

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	Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	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)	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1422	1196	937	960	893	864	974	854	671	639	562	627	614	533	521	493	415	405	453	490	487	481	447	397
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	W
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- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:08AM 0.53				3:02PM 0.55				3:31AM 0.55				3:26PM 0.54				3:53AM 0.55				3:48PM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)				9:03AM 0.06				9:17PM -0.02				9:29AM 0.05				9:38PM -0.02				9:53AM 0.05				9:58PM -0.01

	Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	27	28	29	27	27	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	27	29	29	27	27	26
Feels °C (?)	28	28	29	29	30	29	30	29	29	28	29	28	28	28	27	28	27	27	28	29	29	28	29	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Plantations (light winds from the WSW at Galle 22 km from Plantations). 1.2m 15s groundswell from the S with a 0.9m 5s windswell from the W and a 0.6m 9s swell from the SSW as well as a 0.4m 9s swell from the WNW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 10 minutes ago Plantations

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22 km away, 2 h 10 min ago

11 km/h

WSW

0.0

27.7

Air / Water (°C)

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