The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
27.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at The Cave today?

The current surf forecast for The Cave at 10AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:30am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSE
0.3
SW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1615151514141413139991313121314914914181812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98871231218280105102101676664636738345232323262616052
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
15
N
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:15AM
0.15
4:21PM
0.17
1:15AM
0.16
4:18PM
0.18
1:49AM
0.17
4:26PM
0.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
0.03
9:12PM
0.14
8:48AM
0.02
9:14PM
0.14
9:09AM
0.01
9:27PM
0.13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----6:05-------6:05-------6:06--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242425272726252424242527272626252423252728262524
Feels °C (?)262627262625252525252626262626252523252526252524
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