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The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 19 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
29.0° 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 4PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:30am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121312912121212121411151515111311111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1158383858995895472727272715366434442406039383737
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
0
NNE
0
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
10
SE
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on		crosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
0.25
4:08AM
0.17
4:11PM
0.24
4:30AM
0.15
4:21PM
0.23
4:49AM
0.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
0.02
10:29PM
0.03
9:41AM
0.04
10:50PM
0.03
9:50AM
0.05
11:08PM
0.04
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise6:07-------6:07-------6:07-------
Sunset---6:14-------6:13-------6:13----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21223-------------------
Temp. °C272828272727262526282828282727262829292828272726
Feels °C (?)313231303132312931313031313031303231302931303130
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