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 4 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 +0530

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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 29.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) at 10AM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	18s
Evening (19 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	17s

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

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	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	534	551	477	459	777	408	751	911	900	735	808	798	788	778	674	649	581	559	544	449	443	400	325	321
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	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)	1:20AM 0.48				1:11PM 0.56				1:40AM 0.56				1:36PM 0.60				2:02AM 0.62				2:00PM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)			7:12AM 0.17				7:34PM 0.08				7:39AM 0.13				7:53PM 0.05				8:04AM 0.10				8:11PM 0.02

	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa) (light winds from the WSW at Galle 15 km from Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa)). 1.2m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.9m 12s groundswell from the S and a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the SSE as well as a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 47 minutes ago Rivermouth (Hikkaduwa)

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