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Spot · Sri Lanka

Arugam Bay

Pottuvil, Eastern, Sri Lanka

SurfTide
Water
Sea
Tide
Yes
Sports
Surf
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Note
Small tide.
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Season

Best for waves: Jan, May and Jul

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Surf days
Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
8.5
9.0
6.6
5.4
7.4
7.4
6.6
7.4
8.2
5.4
5.1
7.2
Model gust, kn
18.4
19.5
15.8
13.9
17.2
17.9
17.0
18.4
19.8
14.2
12.7
16.0
Direction
NNE
NNE
NNE
SSW
SW
SW
SW
S
SW
SSW
SW
NNE
Waves, m
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.8
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.2
0.9
0.8
0.9
Surf days
31
28
31
30
31
30
31
31
30
31
30
31
Water °C
28
28
30
31
31
30
30
29
29
30
30
28
Air °C
27
28
29
29
31
32
32
32
32
29
28
27
Sunny days
3
5
7
4
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
Rain days
19
13
16
19
15
10
15
16
16
23
26
23

Model rows: daytime (09:00 to 18:00) means; a windy day has 2 hours or more at the sport's minimum; a surf day 2 daylight hours of waves of 0.5 m or more; sunny: daytime cloud 30 % or less; rain: 1 mm or more.

From weather models 2021 to 2025. At spots with thermal wind or sea breeze the model reads several knots low; the bars show the shape of the year, riders know the numbers.

Source: Open-Meteo historical weather and marine archive (CC BY 4.0), weather 2021 to 2025, waves and water 2021 to 2025.

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