Trincomalee Surf Forecast

/ East (10 surf breaks) /

Sri Lanka (53 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (8.54° N 81.25° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Trincomalee surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +0530

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Trincomalee surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Trincomalee sea temperature is 28.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Trincomalee today?

The current surf forecast for Trincomalee at 12AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm September 18). 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

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	Thu 18		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	22	51	91	64	43	37	26	33	28	46	45	45	45	34	34	34	28	46	59	32	49	48	65	63
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:37PM 0.50				6:45AM 0.65				7:17PM 0.54				7:22AM 0.66				7:51PM 0.57				7:55AM 0.66
Low Tide / height (m)			12:18AM 0.21				1:15PM 0.17				1:04AM 0.19				1:49PM 0.15				1:42AM 0.18				2:17PM 0.14

	Thu 18		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	27	27	27	28	33	33	32	29	27	27	26	28	33	34	32	28	27	27	26	28	32	34	32
Feels °C (?)	29	26	25	25	27	32	31	31	30	26	26	24	26	31	31	30	28	25	25	24	26	29	31	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East

Wind Update Recent cross-shore wind 5 km from Arugam Bay has fallen light (light winds from the SW at Pottuvil). Waves should be turning clean at Arugam Bay. 1.6m 6s windswell from the SSW with a 1.2m 12s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 21 minutes ago Arugam Bay

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1 h 21 min ago

11 km/h

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