The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 +0530
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The Cave surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Cave sea temperature is
29.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Cave today?

The current surf forecast for The Cave at 2PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:30am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)151511131111111113131616191518181817161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44424060393837375633511317242106160322220137134188188263246
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21PM
0.23
4:49AM
0.14
4:24PM
0.22
4:59AM
0.13
4:17PM
0.20
4:51AM
0.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:50AM
0.05
11:08PM
0.04
9:52AM
0.07
11:21PM
0.05
9:38AM
0.08
11:25PM
0.06
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise6:07-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset---6:13-------6:13-------6:13----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272929282827262527292928282727272930292828272626
Feels °C (?)323230303130302830303030313030303030292930312929
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