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The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 18 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
26.7° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Cave today?

The current surf forecast for The Cave at 7PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)181716161616161615151514141414141413131313131323
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17416020329519828814227313112512312011811616011362605958563333106
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57PM
0.20
3:09AM
0.19
5:15PM
0.20
3:32AM
0.19
5:34PM
0.21
3:55AM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05PM
0.12
10:11AM
-0.02
10:30PM
0.12
10:30AM
-0.02
10:58PM
0.11
10:47AM
-0.01
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------6:18-------6:18-------6:20-
Sunset-6:07-------6:07-------6:07------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272524242322232625252423222223262725242221212226
Feels °C (?)252324252423242724252423222323262523232121212224
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