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The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 08 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
27.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Cave today?

The current surf forecast for The Cave at 4PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30am January 08). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.9
E
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)15151515141414131313131381212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4776731091061019492126871238290777679791231211131091076868
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
0.19
2:52AM
0.14
7:19PM
0.18
7:25PM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
0.02
1:32AM
0.14
11:07AM
0.04
10:52AM
0.05
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---6:01-------6:02-------6:02----
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-11---11----------12----
Temp. °C242424242424242324252625242424242428282725242424
Feels °C (?)232424232323232223242525242425262631303027262626
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