Sri Lanka Surf

Detailed Sri Lanka surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Sri Lanka. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Sri Lanka. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Sri Lanka over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Sri Lanka and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Sri Lanka Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Sri Lanka	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Balapitiya West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Balapitiya West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Animals West	Arugam Bay East	Arugam Bay East	Animals West	Arugam Bay East	Arugam Bay East	Animals West	Arugam Bay East	Arugam Bay East	Animals West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Dondra West	Arugam Bay East
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	13	18	16	16	9	15	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	316	317	393	498	454	326	382	273	300	209	233	328	184	279	430	286	209	308	263	251	250	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:12AM 0.46	1:34PM 0.55		1:40AM 0.48	2:00PM 0.60		2:14AM 0.59			2:19AM 0.57		2:55PM 0.63	3:05AM 0.49		3:38PM 0.73	3:46AM 0.57		3:54PM 0.58	3:42AM 0.51		4:23PM 0.53	4:49AM 0.50
Low Tide / height (m)		7:15AM 0.05	7:48PM 0.05		7:39AM 0.01	8:17PM 0.11		8:00AM 0.06		8:35PM 0.04	8:17AM -0.03		9:15PM 0.01	8:59AM 0.03		9:41PM 0.09	9:30AM 0.05		10:04PM 0.10	9:57AM 0.06		10:48PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	2	6	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	30	28	31	29	28	31	29	28	31	29	28	29	30	28
Low °C	27	28	29	26	27	29	27	28	29	26	28	29	26	28	28	26	28	29	27	28	29	26
Chill °C (?)	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	30	28	31	29	28	31	29	28	31	29	28	29	30	28
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	9	14	9	8	13	9	9	9	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	17	16	15	20	8	5	5	15	8	12	9	13	13	8	16	15	15	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3

	Tue		Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	8:30PM	11:30PM	2:30AM	5:30AM	8:30AM	11:30AM	2:30PM	5:30PM	8:30PM	11:30PM	2:30AM	5:30AM	8:30AM	11:30AM	2:30PM	5:30PM	8:30PM	11:30PM	2:30AM	5:30AM	8:30AM	11:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sri Lanka	Animals West	Animals West	Animals West	Animals West	Animals West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Dondra West	Balapitiya West	Balapitiya West	Animals West	Animals West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Animals West	Balapitiya West	Animals West	Animals West	Unawatuna West
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	453	359	339	342	338	317	343	440	521	312	288	417	433	454	415	376	367	361	293	349	281	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:12AM 0.46				1:35PM 0.65				1:25AM 0.56				2:04PM 0.70				1:52AM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)	7:19PM 0.10				7:15AM 0.05				7:49PM 0.06				7:39AM 0.01				8:17PM 0.11				8:05AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	3	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	27	26	28	29	29	28	27	28	27	26	27	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	28	29
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	26	28	29	29	28	27	28	27	26	27	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	17	16	16	9	16	15	12	12	20	4	4	5	8	5	8	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14	Wednesday 15
	6:30PM	7:30PM	8:30PM	9:30PM	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	3:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sri Lanka	Animals West	Animals West	Animals West	Animals West	Animals West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Dondra West	Balapitiya West	Balapitiya West	Animals West	Animals West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Unawatuna West	Animals West	Balapitiya West	Animals West	Animals West	Unawatuna West
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	459	459	453	381	369	311	303	315	344	268	306	342	343	333	323	323	317	424	364	466	466	397
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:12AM 0.54													1:34PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)		7:19PM 0.10												7:15AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	28	29	29	30	28	29	29	29
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	28	29	29	30	28	29	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	17	9	17	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

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