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surfing in Sri Lanka |
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Plus: good fun waves, offshore winds during the monsoon, cheap travel.The season at the west-east (hikkaduwa, midigama etc) is from nov-march and then at the east coast (arugam bay) it's from may-sept.
Minus: Fickle swells and winds, pollution, localism, Suffering a major civil war which is no longer contained in the Northern provinces. Get good travel advice before going!
The surf in Sri Lanka is there on the whole south coast. there are heaps of places that pic up the swell and provide up to 3ft of good quility waves, if you want the good stuff youll have to go in season Jan/Feb. Sri Lanka is average in all departments, the surf the people the vibe everything. Some days are good in the water but if everyone who goes there is honest it is crowded. The local surfers are pretty good and are getting more and more aggro towards foreigners each season,
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Surf Business Directory listing (1/1) |
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Surf Spots |
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Surf Spot |
Photo |
GPS |
Quality |
Direction |
Type |
Frequency |
Level |
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Arugam Bay |
72 
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right |
point-break |
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all surfers |
| 2 |
Bennys |
10
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left |
reef-coral |
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experienced surfers |
| 3 |
Coral Garden |
2
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right and left |
reef-rocky |
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pros or kamikaze only... |
| 4 |
Dalawella |
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right and left |
reef-coral |
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experienced surfers |
| 5 |
Deveta |
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| 6 |
Dewella (Unawatuna) |
4
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right and left |
reef-coral |
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all surfers |
| 7 |
Elephant rock |
1
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right |
point-break |
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all surfers |
| 8 |
Gaza Strip |
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left |
reef-rocky |
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experienced surfers |
| 9 |
GD's |
2
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right and left |
beach-break |
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all surfers |
| 10 |
Hikkaduwa |
35
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right and left |
reef-coral |
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all surfers |
| 11 |
Koggala Lefts |
2
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left |
reef-coral |
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experienced surfers |
| 12 |
Local's Point |
5
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right and left |
reef-coral |
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experienced surfers |
| 13 |
Main Point |
10
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experienced surfers |
| 14 |
Matara |
6
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right |
sand-bar |
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all surfers |
| 15 |
Midigama Left (market) |
10
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left |
point-break |
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all surfers |
| 16 |
Midigama Right |
13
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right |
reef-rocky |
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experienced surfers |
| 17 |
Mirissa |
6
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right |
reef-coral |
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all surfers |
| 18 |
Okanda |
9
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right |
point-break |
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all surfers |
| 19 |
Owerkanda |
1
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left |
reef-coral |
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all surfers |
| 20 |
Peanuts Farm |
10
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right |
point-break |
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all surfers |
| 21 |
Pottuvil Point |
29
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right |
point-break |
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experienced surfers |
| 22 |
Thalpe |
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right and left |
reef-rocky |
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all surfers |
| 23 |
Thalyadi |
2
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right |
beach-break |
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experienced surfers |
| 24 |
The Peaks |
6
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right and left |
reef-coral |
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all surfers |
| 25 |
The Rock |
9
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right and left |
reef-coral |
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all surfers |
| 26 |
Unawatuna |
3
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reef-coral |
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experienced surfers |
| 27 |
Weligama |
7
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right and left |
beach-break |
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beginners wave |
| 28 |
Wijiya Beach |
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right and left |
reef-coral |
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all surfers |
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Sri Lanka at a glance |
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Location: Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India
Geographic coordinates: 7° 0' N, 81° 0' E
Coastline: 1,340 km km
Climate: tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)
Terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior
Elevation: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
Natural hazards: occasional cyclones and tornadoes
Currency: Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Population: 20,222,240 (July 2006 est.)
Languages: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
Capital: Colombo
Divisions: 8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western
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comment by Anonymous, 2009-07-28 20:52:24