The Cave surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 18 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
28.7° 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 5PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:30am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131313121212121212121212131291212121212141115
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)195195192186136131115115115838385899589407272727271536643
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
0
SE
0
NNW
5
NNW
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
N
10
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
0.24
3:42AM
0.17
3:59PM
0.25
4:08AM
0.17
4:11PM
0.24
4:30AM
0.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
0.01
10:07PM
0.04
9:28AM
0.02
10:29PM
0.03
9:41AM
0.04
10:50PM
0.03
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise6:07-------6:07-------6:07-------
Sunset---6:14-------6:14-------6:13----
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----1--1-24-----------
Temp. °C272828282727272627282827262525252627282828272727
Feels °C (?)303029303031323131302930302929293129293031303031
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