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Trincomalee surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 +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
26.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Trincomalee today?

The current surf forecast for Trincomalee at 12AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (21 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)23s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
NNE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
NE
1
NE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.7
NE
0.1
S
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.1
S
Period(s) (?)4444499524225555519181851756615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10111114168815433925253651537762762846565
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
0.75
10:00AM
0.59
10:11PM
0.75
10:37AM
0.59
10:39PM
0.73
11:16AM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50PM
0.21
3:50AM
0.23
3:28PM
0.22
4:24AM
0.21
4:08PM
0.24
5:01AM
0.20
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset-6:06-------6:07-------6:07------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252525252525262625252525252525252525252525242525
Feels °C (?)242424242525252523222323232323252625252525252625
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