Unawatuna surf break

Unawatuna surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 +0530
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Unawatuna surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Unawatuna sea temperature is
29.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Unawatuna today?

The current surf forecast for Unawatuna at 4AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:30pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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 Unawatuna. (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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
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
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
SE
15
S
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
0
SSW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
10
W
20
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
0.65
4:31PM
0.74
4:29AM
0.61
5:01PM
0.69
4:52AM
0.57
5:30PM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
0.13
9:54AM
0.07
10:28PM
0.16
10:22AM
0.10
10:59PM
0.21
10:53AM
0.15
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----6:11-------6:11-------6:11---
Sunset-------6:19-------6:19-------6:19
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
111----111-------------1
Temp. °C272625252631302827262525263129292826252526292928
Feels °C (?)302928282933313029282728283431323129282929313031
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