Weligama surf break

Weligama surfForecast / West / Sri Lanka

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 +0530
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Weligama surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Weligama sea temperature is
27.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Weligama today?

The current surf forecast for Weligama at 2PM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:30am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+0530) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)17s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
1
2
3
2
2
3
1
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)181817161616161616151515141414141414111113131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44835223227329536628836252725916916737136127327326510710283178565656
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
0
NNE
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
N
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
10
S
10
SW
5
SW
0
NE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
0.43
2:49AM
0.55
3:20PM
0.46
3:16AM
0.57
3:47PM
0.48
3:42AM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
0.05
8:35PM
0.10
9:18AM
0.02
9:05PM
0.08
9:42AM
0.00
9:34PM
0.07
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise6:22-------6:24-------6:24-------
Sunset---6:13-------6:13-------6:13----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242627262524232324272826242423232427272524242424
Feels °C (?)272829282928262728292827262726262729292827272727
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