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The Rock surf break

The Rock surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 +0530
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The Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Rock sea temperature is
27.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Rock today?

The current surf forecast for The Rock at 7PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
2
2
3
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)171616161616161515151414141414141111131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232273295366288362527259169167371341273273265107102831785656565551
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
E
5
ENE
0
ESE
0
N
10
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
N
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
E
5
SSW
15
SW
5
W
5
N
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
0.43
2:49AM
0.55
3:20PM
0.46
3:16AM
0.57
3:47PM
0.48
3:42AM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35PM
0.10
9:18AM
0.02
9:05PM
0.08
9:42AM
0.00
9:34PM
0.07
10:06AM
-0.01
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset-6:13-------6:13-------6:14------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272625252423242727262424232324272725242424242426
Feels °C (?)292828292827292927272527252628302827272727272728
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