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

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	Mon	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20
	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	Trincomalee East	Trincomalee East	Dondra West	Trincomalee East	Yala East	Animals West	Animals West	Coconuts West	Balapitiya West	Matara West	Dondra West	Beruwela West	Unawatuna West	Arugam Bay East	Beruwela West	Unawatuna West	Pottuvil Point East	Matara West	Arugam Bay East	Arugam Bay East	Animals West	Unawatuna West
Rating	0	0	4	0	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.4 SSW	0.4 SE	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	17	8	9	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	12	12	9	11	8	8	11
Energy(?)	22	29	1351	30	1170	1248	721	588	587	803	797	345	531	299	362	273	167	536	166	210	301	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:18AM 0.38		4:37PM 0.33	3:18AM 0.31	10:48AM 0.30	4:25PM 0.47	4:27AM 0.62			12:52AM 0.42	12:34PM 0.40		1:07AM 0.47	6:12AM 0.64		1:58AM 0.30	1:25PM 0.46	2:58PM 0.15	1:43AM 0.55	1:32PM 0.58		2:03AM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)	10:36PM 0.21	12:23PM 0.24			7:31AM 0.30		9:59PM 0.32	11:23AM 0.24	6:02PM 0.19		6:52AM 0.18	6:30PM 0.13		12:44PM 0.19	7:49PM 0.05		7:34AM 0.09	8:21PM 0.06		7:44AM 0.11	7:46PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	2	4	1	6	48	20	1	61	11	12	16	-	2	2	-	-	7	-	1	-
High °C	29	28	28	28	28	25	25	24	25	25	25	25	26	28	25	26	30	29	27	27	29	28
Low °C	28	28	26	26	27	25	24	24	25	24	24	25	26	27	25	25	27	27	25	26	28	26
Chill °C (?)	29	28	28	28	28	25	25	24	25	25	25	25	26	28	25	26	30	29	27	27	29	28
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.4 SSW	0.4 SE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	8	17	8	9	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	7	12	12	9	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.3 ESE	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	15	10	3	15	17	13	13	13	13	12	9	14	13	13	12	6	10	11	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.4 SE	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	7	3	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	8	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	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	Koggala Lefts West	Dondra West	Balapitiya West	Animals West	Animals West	Trincomalee East	Trincomalee East	Trincomalee East	Unawatuna West	Dondra West	Dondra West	Balapitiya West	Dondra West	Trincomalee East	Okanda East	Yala East	Dondra West	Arugam Bay East	Animals West	Beach Break (Hikkaduwa) West	Animals West	Animals West
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 SE	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	19	19	19	19	8	8	8	16	16	16	15	8	8	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	559	695	674	1320	1613	29	30	25	1351	1421	1375	1514	2384	18	1370	1165	983	593	721	672	728	695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:14AM 0.37			2:27PM 0.45		6:13PM 0.32						2:01PM 0.12				12:46AM 0.36
Low Tide / height (m)		10:34PM 0.21				8:56AM 0.30							7:34AM 0.29	10:22AM 0.27			6:00PM 0.20				6:33AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	7	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	3	1	1	2	7	11	20	-
Temp. °C	27	26	27	26	27	28	27	28	27	26	25	26	27	26	25	26	25	26	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	27	26	27	26	27	28	27	28	27	26	25	26	27	26	25	26	25	26	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	0.4 SE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	16	16	7	8	8	9	9	8	14	8	8	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	19	19	19	19	15	15	15	16	10	9	15	15	3	15	14	14	9	13	13	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	-	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	7	7	7	8	8	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Monday 13						Tuesday 14
	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	Koggala Lefts West	Dondra West	Balapitiya West	Animals West	Animals West	Trincomalee East	Trincomalee East	Trincomalee East	Unawatuna West	Dondra West	Dondra West	Balapitiya West	Dondra West	Trincomalee East	Okanda East	Yala East	Dondra West	Arugam Bay East	Animals West	Beach Break (Hikkaduwa) West	Animals West	Animals West
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	19	9	9	9	20	19	19	19	19	9	19	19	18	19	18	18	18	17
Energy(?)	601	612	474	445	716	26	26	22	876	1062	1200	956	1280	34	719	941	1501	1120	1480	1257	1451	1421
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												5:29AM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)																			12:22PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	28	27	28	27	26	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	28	27	28	27	26	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	19	19	18	19	18	18	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	11	8	18	11	19	15	15	-	20	19	19	19	19	15	8	11	8	11	8	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

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