Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 +0530

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) sea temperature is 27.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) today?

The current surf forecast for Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) at 3AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	15s
Evening (21 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	15s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

	Wed 20		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	17	13	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1139	1151	1434	1363	1401	1371	1391	1214	1170	1057	998	961	949	1014	992	1045	900	1133	1152	1117	1144	1586	1423	1436
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	W	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			1:28AM 0.41				1:29PM 0.57				1:57AM 0.48				1:58PM 0.62				2:24AM 0.55				2:25PM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)	7:43PM 0.15				7:10AM 0.16				8:04PM 0.09				7:47AM 0.12				8:25PM 0.06				8:18AM 0.10

	Wed 20		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20

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

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) (light winds from the WSW at Galle 15 km from Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa)). 1.1m 7s swell from the WNW with a 0.8m 9s swell, also from the WNW and a 0.7m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW as well as a 0.6m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 22 minutes ago Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa)

Expand

View all

1 h 22 min ago

11 km/h

WSW

Cross-On

Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

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.