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The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 12 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
28.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Cave today?

The current surf forecast for The Cave at 12PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
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)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212111111111121202019191919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8587568684757573737371676359373737141131218295286283367
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
15
E
15
E
15
E
5
ENE
5
E
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		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:52AM
0.11
3:44PM
0.19
1:47AM
0.12
3:25PM
0.20
1:45AM
0.14
3:17PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
0.07
10:27PM
0.11
8:07AM
0.05
9:31PM
0.11
8:13AM
0.03
9:12PM
0.10
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--6:11-------6:09-------6:09-----
Sunset-----6:14-------6:14-------6:14--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C252426282827262625252728282726262626262828282727
Feels °C (?)282628282727282928282929282929292930293029303131
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