Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.12° N 80.11° E

Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) sea temperature is
29.1°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) today (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) at 2PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:30am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.9
SSE
9
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.9
SSE
9
0.5
S
17
0.6
S
17
0.7
S
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
219
215
212
180
176
173
166
156
133
136
175
236
264
211
175
124
180
178
140
149
200
273
Wind (km/h)
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
ESE
Wind State
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
6:08AM0.44m
3:12PM0.31m
10:16AM0.40m
00:34AM0.38m
11:48AM0.46m
Low Tide
12:56PM0.31m
10:19PM0.27m
6:09PM0.24m
5:50AM0.28m
6:24PM0.18m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:56
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:56
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
5:59
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:59
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:59
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4
3
—
—
1
1
6
1
Temp °C
27
28
28
28
28
27
26
25
26
28
28
28
27
27
27
26
27
29
29
28
27
27
Feels °C
31
31
30
31
32
31
29
28
30
31
30
31
31
31
31
30
31
32
32
31
31
32
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest