The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 06 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
27.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Cave today?

The current surf forecast for The Cave at 11AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111101111111010101010101616101010159
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)198195242198194191146135817975100657474735368675149476078
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
5
S
10
S
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
15
E
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
0.17
4:36PM
0.22
4:32AM
0.16
4:37PM
0.21
4:48AM
0.15
4:37PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.03
10:57PM
0.05
10:12AM
0.05
11:07PM
0.05
10:13AM
0.07
11:20PM
0.06
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise--6:13-------6:13-------6:13-----
Sunset-----6:15-------6:15-------6:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252426272827272625252628282727262524252727272626
Feels °C (?)292829283029292928283029292930292928292928282829
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