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The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 07 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
27.4° 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 8AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30am January 07). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)121212121212121616161515151514141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7575294644444450484847457310910610194929087123827876
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
25
N
25
N
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
30
N
25
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
30
N
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
0.16
6:55PM
0.20
3:12AM
0.15
7:10PM
0.19
2:52AM
0.14
7:19PM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
0.15
10:57AM
0.01
12:44AM
0.15
11:06AM
0.02
1:32AM
0.14
11:07AM
0.04
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise--6:16-------6:16-------6:16-----
Sunset-----6:01-------6:01-------6:02--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------11221-1--1----
Temp. °C242425272726242424242423232323242324242525252424
Feels °C (?)232324252524222322232323232323232324252626262424
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