Varkala Surf Forecast

/ Kerala (3 surf breaks) /

India (39 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Varkala surfForecast / Kerala / India

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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 27.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Varkala today?

The current surf forecast for Varkala at 7AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:30am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s
Evening (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s

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

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	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	18	18	18	18
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	235	243	604	295	284	377	242	358	272	425	413	277	165	238	294	285	215	179	222	222	260	258	211	366
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				9:28AM 0.71								10:37AM 0.75				10:22PM 0.51				11:18AM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)	12:12AM 0.23								2:24AM 0.30						5:51PM 0.40			4:17AM 0.30					6:01PM 0.33

	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	25	25	26	27	27	27	26	25	25	24	26	28	27	26	26	25	24	25	25	27	27	26	26	25
Feels °C (?)	28	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	27	26	29	29	28	27	29	28	27	29	28	30	28	28	29	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kerala

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Varkala (light winds from the NW at Thiruvananthapuram(43371-0) 38 km from Varkala). 0.8m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the S and a 0.4m 8s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 26 minutes ago Varkala

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38 km away, 2 h 26 min ago

6 km/h

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27.4

Air / Water (°C)

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