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Varkala surfForecast / Kerala / India

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 IST
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Varkala surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Varkala sea temperature is
28.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Varkala today?

The current surf forecast for Varkala at 6PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30am January 27). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131310101010212020201919181818171716161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515148483132431039997146170216211207202284339268264261255251242
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
5
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
0.72
3:54AM
0.69
9:30PM
0.74
10:54PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35AM
0.07
11:58PM
0.62
12:29PM
0.08
1:44PM
0.09
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:27-------6:27-------6:28----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252929272726242324282727272523232428282727252423
Feels °C (?)263130293029252324292628302825242529282930282624
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