The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 15 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
28.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Cave today?

The current surf forecast for The Cave at 8PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)--
Afternoon (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)171716161616161616151515151514141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)433423390376371366362357353339314309305305301289273261257253253249195195
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
N
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
15
E
20
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
0
E
0
NW
0
W
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
0.22
2:23AM
0.17
3:24PM
0.23
2:49AM
0.18
3:34PM
0.24
3:16AM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:14PM
0.08
8:41AM
0.01
9:27PM
0.07
8:57AM
0.01
9:46PM
0.05
9:13AM
0.01
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise------6:09-------6:09-------6:07-
Sunset-6:14-------6:14-------6:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C282827262525272929282727262527282828272726262728
Feels °C (?)282930292829313029303031302931302930303130313230
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