The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 22 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
26.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)171616161615151414141413131414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)371333412402386352343338261239232176229239229219219215209145184181178178
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
NW
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10PM
0.21
4:36AM
0.15
6:27PM
0.21
4:45AM
0.13
6:42PM
0.20
4:00AM
0.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08AM
0.11
11:09AM
0.02
12:56AM
0.11
11:06AM
0.04
2:31AM
0.11
10:36AM
0.06
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise------6:20-------6:20-------6:20-
Sunset-6:07-------6:08-------6:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272624232222242727272524242425262626262524232426
Feels °C (?)252524232323252827292626262729292929282626252627
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