The Rock Surf Forecast

/ West (43 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Rock surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 +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 29.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Rock today?

The current surf forecast for The Rock at 5PM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (14 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s
Evening (14 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	16s

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

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	Sunday 14				Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	478	485	554	554	491	485	449	437	492	471	390	465	378	515	339	334	383	365	377	432	535	522	628	702
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:04PM 0.34					5:55AM 0.38			4:25PM 0.28							11:44AM 0.32				1:34AM 0.32
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 0.20			11:05PM 0.16					12:22PM 0.26			10:14PM 0.23							7:14PM 0.21				6:41AM 0.24

	Sunday 14				Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	4
Temp. °C	29	28	27	27	26	26	27	28	27	27	26	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27
Feels °C (?)	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	27	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at The Rock (light winds from the WSW at Galle 18 km from The Rock). 1.1m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.9m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.8m 11s groundswell from the SSE as well as a 0.5m 9s swell from the SSW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
3 hours 11 minutes ago The Rock

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18 km away, 3 h 11 min ago

11 km/h

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29.0

Air / Water (°C)

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