The Rock surf break

The Rock surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
29.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Rock today?

The current surf forecast for The Rock at 1AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313141515151818181716161616161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7398646566667776123121158158156142134188203337253172169167280215
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
E
10
S
5
S
5
E
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
0.50
4:15PM
0.60
4:15AM
0.47
4:42PM
0.55
4:38AM
0.42
5:08PM
0.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01PM
0.02
9:52AM
-0.02
10:29PM
0.05
10:16AM
0.02
10:56PM
0.10
10:38AM
0.07
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----6:11-------6:11-------6:11---
Sunset-------6:19-------6:17-------6:17
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111----12---------------
Temp. °C272625242631302927262525263130292826252427292928
Feels °C (?)302928272933313129282828283332323229282731323131
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