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Trincomalee surfForecast / East / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 21 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
26.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Trincomalee today?

The current surf forecast for Trincomalee at 7PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:30pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
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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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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 (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)24225555555555551615151515161616154
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43392626313232322530303031375544455546
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
30
N
25
N
30
NNE
25
NE
15
E
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:11PM
0.75
10:37AM
0.59
10:39PM
0.73
11:16AM
0.60
11:09PM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
0.22
4:24AM
0.21
4:08PM
0.24
5:01AM
0.20
4:50PM
0.27
5:42AM
0.19
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset-6:07-------6:07-------6:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------------155421
Temp. °C252625252526252625262525252424252525252525252525
Feels °C (?)242423242425242626262525262525242324252425262827
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